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of a somewhat similar-looking plant —Crepis paludosa ,—it is probable, 
^however, that other examples have been overlooked. 
Several other interesting and rare Hawkweeds occur in this 
ravine, including H. flocculosum and H. orararium , as well as some 
other local plants, the chief of which is the handsome Festuca sylva- 
tica. Near the head of the ravine several plants of Pyrns aria , the 
White Beam, were noticed, but whether these are native (they were 
most probably not planted) is an open question. 
After completing our exploration of the ravine (which occupied 
several hours), we turned to the north and went along the hills 
behind Kinnaird House. Here, at an elevation of nearly 1000 feet, 
Torilis Anthriscus was noticed. This is a very abundant plant about 
Perth, but in Highland Perthshire it is very far from common, and 
indeed almost unknown, so that its occurrence here was rather un¬ 
expected. In the woods above Balmacneil Salix ambigua and Rosa 
spinosissima were the only noteworthy plants observed. After cross¬ 
ing the river by the railway bridge at Logierait we were glad to see 
that Tragopogon pratense (an introduction, no doubt, in this place) 
was still maintaining its position on the railway bank along with 
Malva moschata. 
On 2nd August Mr. Barclay and I went to Glenfarg Station 
without any very definite plan for the day’s explorations, but, after 
taking the advice of Mr. Wilson (Glenfarg), and under his kind 
guidance, we set out. First of all we visited a basalt quarry to the 
east of the village, where we noticed the local Carduus crispus ; then, 
turning to the west, we made our way by Glendy Mill—on a bridge 
there Linaria Cymbalaria is naturalised—to the Farg Burn, which we 
followed nearly to its source. Nothing very remarkable in the flora 
was observed, the most interesting plants seen being Parnassia palus- 
tris and Viola lutea. Leaving the Farg we descended a tributary of 
the Water of May, and near Auchengownie found several bushes of 
the rare (in Perthshire) Salix pentandra. On the site of a cottage, 
near the lower end of the picturesque gorge through which the May 
flows, at Craigindivots, Sambucus Ebulus grows along with one of the 
shrubby Spiraeas. The Craigindivots ravine produced at its lower 
end, which was the only part we examined, Saxifraga hypnoides , 
Origanum vulgare , and Mimulus luteus. We then made our way to 
the road which leads by Glendeuglie to Glenfarg, finding on the way 
Imperatoria ostruthium at the side of a cottage garden near Abbots- 
deuglie. 
A good method of exploration is to go to a station on one railway 
line and work one’s way across country, by road or otherwise, to 
a station on another line. The recent extension of the railway to 
Comrie enabled Mr. Barclay and I on ioth August to explore 
a district the greater part of which was new ground to both of us. 
Going to Greenloaning, we first of all paid a visit to the celebrated 
Roman Station called Lindum, with its extensive earthworks, and 
then took the road to Comrie. This road, which is an easv one to 
walk, affords the traveller many picturesque views and a considerable 
variety of scenery. The descent to Comrie is particularly striking, 
