PROCEEDINGS-PERTHSHIRE SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCE. XC1 
Our chief object, however, was to try and obtain specimens of a 
shrub seen in an inaccessible place on a former occasion, which we 
believed to be Pyrus Aria. With some difficulty we got leaves, but 
could see no flowers—most of the bushes being out of reach. I am 
inclined to think that the Pyrus is native here, and if so, it is an 
interesting addition to the flora of Perthshire. Amongst other plants 
observed were Geranium lucidum , Chrysosplenium alternifolium, 
Lychnis Viscaria , Populus tremula var. glabra , and Melica nutans. 
A few molluscs, including the rather rare Helix lamellata , were also 
found. Recrossing the river, we ascended the bed of the Allt Girnaig, 
and found the local and rare Polygonatum verticillatum in small 
quantity. In some of the specimens the arrangement of the leaves 
departed from the verticillate type. Other plants included Carex 
sylvatica , with many of the female spikelets branched, Carex muricata 
(a new locality for this local sedge), Festuca gigantea , Bromus asper , 
Campanula latifolia , Arab is hirsuta , and an Agrimonia which seems to 
be A. odorata , but which was, unfortunately, not in flower. On the rail¬ 
way bank, near the station, a few plants of Arabisperfoliata were seen, 
and large beds of Vida sylvatica , in full flower, and very beautiful. 
Galium erectum used to grow here, but, as we could not find it, has 
perhaps disappeared. 
On August 2nd the Mountain Excursion took place. The hill 
selected on this occasion was Cruach Ardran, a few miles south of 
Crianlarich Station. The mountain is a very picturesque irregular 
rocky pyramid, the approach to which is by a wide and deep corrie, 
flanked by precipitous hills. After following the burn for about two 
miles, attention was directed to the rocks on the west side of the 
corrie, but these were found to be, on the whole, not very prolific. 
They were therefore abandoned, and the ridge of Cruach xArdran 
ascended. Here, at a spot where a magnificent view of Glen Falloch 
to the south and Glen Dochart to the north put an end to botanical 
pursuits for a short time, the Annual Meeting of the Mountain Club 
was held with the accustomed ceremonies. After the initiation of 
two new members, the following poem was read:— 
Once more the dawning day breaks fair 
O'er mountain, valley, glen, 
And we are met fresh joys to share, 
So onward ! now, as men 
To whom all Nature opes an endless field 
Where hopes once sown a laughing harvest yield. 
What though we dig and delve full long 
, In many a darksome place, 
Toiling in silence, while a song 
Wells upward from the race 
From those who deem that ignorance is bliss 
If thereby they some pain and labour miss. 
What though men laugh at us and jeer, 
Calling us fools or mad, 
We to God’s greatest thoughts draw near, 
And, in what they call bad, 
