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careful and repeated examination; also the banks of the two 
rivers, Dee and Clunie, are rich in plants. 
My district may be described as extending from a little below In- 
vercauld Bridge to Glen Derry, up Glen Clunie to Eraser's Bridge 
over the Clunie, and in Glen Callater to the head of Loch Calla- 
ter. I have not included the corrie of Loch Candor, so well 
known for its rich flora ; for it requires a young and active man to 
examine it successfully. It is often visited by botanical parties 
from Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Aberdeen. 
A few species that do not come within the boundaries here 
defined have been mentioned for special reasons. They are 
enclosed in square brackets to distinguish them. 
I have included a few plants not gathered by myself, but most 
of which I was shown in a living state. 
It has not been my object to describe the exact localities. 
When the plants are tolerably abundant this is unnecessary; when 
they are rare it is undesirable. 
It should be remarked that Casdeton is just on the upper line 
of growth to which TJhx europcBus and Sarothamnus scoparius ex- 
tend ; only an occasional plant of either of them is to be found ; 
and, I believe, none occur at a higher elevation. (See *S'. scoparius.) 
I have appended a list of the species of Hieracium observed by 
my friend^ Mr. F. J. Hanbury, near Braemar, as it possesses con- 
siderable interest ; distinguishing in it those that grow on the 
higher mountains from the inhabitants of the valleys. 
It may be well to point out what especially strikes a botanist 
arriving at Braemar from the south. He immediately notices the 
great abundance of Alchemilla alpina and the presence oi Rumex 
domesticus. His first walk along the bank of the Clunie, toward its 
junction with the Dee, introduces him to Carduus heterophyllm 
and Metim Athamantimim, and probably to roses different from 
those with which he is familiar. On turning to the higher ground, 
— for instance at the top of Chapel Brae — he is struck by the 
abundance of Pyrolce, and finds occasionally a plant of Trientalis 
europcea or, perhaps, of Cornus suecica, and also abundance of Vac- 
cinium Vitis-Idcea (called Cranberry in Braemar) and of Arctosta- 
phylos Uva-iirsi. On examining the base of Morrone he would find 
all these in finer condition ; and upon its top Azalea procumhens 
and Juncus trifidus in the dry parts ; and in wet spots Vacciniwn 
uliginosum and Ruhus Chamciemorus. 
