PROCEEDINGS—PERTHSHIRE SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCE. lxi 
Pledge we here, O Nature Queen ! 
Ne’er to be as we have been, 
This the badge for us, we ween— 
Salix herbacea floreat ! 
Oreads ! take from us, we pray, 
As remembrance of this day, 
But one simple mountain spray. 
Salix herbacea floreat ! 
Give us now from each fair hand, 
As memento of this land, 
As you would our zeal command, 
Salix herbacea floreat! 
Fast and faster round we go, 
Ah ! the world moves far too slow, 
Far too soon we old must grow. 
Salix herbacea floreat ! 
Farewell, nymphs ! the day is done, 
In the red west sets the sun, 
Strife is ended, peace is won. 
Salix herbacea floreat! 
Darkness reigns before the light, 
Blindness ends in fullest sight, 
All things live by one great Might. 
Salix herbacea floreat ! 
Fauns and fays may be a dream, 
Yet things are not as they seem, 
They are wise whom fools we deem. 
Salix herbacea floreat! 
Children of one Mother we, 
Taught about one loving knee, 
Knowing hardly what we see. 
Salix herbacea floreat ! 
Time shall clear the clouds away, 
And our night shall end in day, 
Wisdom will herself display. 
Salix herbacea floreat ! 
Clasp we hands and say good-bye 
Till another year goes by, 
And the echoing hills reply 
Salix herbacea floreat! 
M. B. W. 
The meeting of the Club having been adjourned to next year, the 
work of exploration was resumed, and the rocks facing Glen Lochay, 
at the head of Allt Innis Choarach, examined. These were found 
tolerably rich, producing Juncus castaneus , J. biglumis , Saussurea , 
Dryas, &c. The abundance of willows on them was a noticeable 
