A VISIT TO GLDN CLOVA AND CAlLATER. 
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turf is besprinkled, as in Teesdale, with the pretty Viola hitea, varyingfrom 
the richest purple to the palest yellow. A short walk brings one to the 
little stream that flows out of Loch Wharral, and following up this, at an 
altitude of about 2,000 feet, the little Highland loch appears, bordered on 
the north-east side by steep rocky corries, while its south side slopes into 
green woodlands. Down the corrie a little stream runs into the lake, 
and above this may be gathered Saxifraga stellaiis, Epilobiuvi alpinum, 
Juncm trigluiiiis, Hieracium anglicum, Veronica alpina, and the foliage, if 
not the flower, of that rare grass Alopecurus alpimts. 
From the moorland (altitude 2,500 feet) a short walk brings one to 
the top of the Green Hill (2,837 feet) whence a good view of the East 
Forfar Hills may be had. A descent from this of 800 feet, in a northerly 
direction, brings one to Loch Brandy, where, on skirting the south side, 
quantities of the cloudberry Rubus Chamcemorus, in flower or fruit, will 
be met with, as also of Arbutus uva ursi, and Empetrum nigrum. In the 
north-west corner of the lake grow Subularia aquatica, Nitella opaca, 
Isoet.es, Lobelia Dortniaimi and a variety of Ranunculus Flammula which 
flowers under water ; this lake, like Wharral, has the same high cliffs 
on the north and east, and on the stony debris may be found Lycopo¬ 
dium annotinum, and a few plants of Aspidium Loncliitis still survive the 
depredations of Dundee excursionists, to whom this loch is the Mecca 
of their pilgrimage. Higher up the corrie occur Hieracium argeiiteum, 
H. pallidum, H. eximium, H. melanocephalum, and Rhodiola, while in the 
water-course some fine plants of Cerastium alpinum may be gathered. 
On the moorland near Lycopodium complanatuvi, recently added to 
the British flora was obtained. On attaining the top of the corrie, 
the summit of the Snub is reached (about 2,500 feet), here covered 
with Loiseleuria procurnbens. The Snub itself is partially separated 
from the corrie by a narrow rift a few feet wide and about seventy 
deep, of recent origin, which the yearly frosts widen perceptibly. 
Looking north-east Lochnagar may be plainly seen, while the 
western sky is filled up with the summit of the Bassies and the 
Driesh, which separate Glen Clova from Glen Prosen. Northwards is 
the fine front of Craig Mellon, north-westward of which is the entrance 
to the Dole, the north-eastward road leading up to Glen Muick or 
Bachnagairn. A short walk takes one to Ben Reda, whence the 
descent may be made into the glen. On one of the many ruined 
shielings (there being ninety-four in this glen alone) Gnaplialium mar- 
garitaceum occurred, and ascending up the most southward turn from 
Loch Brandy a strange variety of Gentiana campestris was gathered, 
with Ilabenaria albida, Polygonum viviparum and Veronica humifusa. 
The next day was of course spent in the Dole. I began my work at 
Craig Maid, a high mass of rocks (about 2,250 feet) on the west side of 
the Dole, about eight miles from the hotel, and on this historic rock, 
magnificent in outline, a rich field for work presented itself: steep 
rocky cliffs with grassy ledges, on whose rich micaceous soil grew at 
some considerable height the rare Erigeron alpinus, the lovely perishable 
