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but no special rarities were observed, with the exception of Jimcus 
castaneus , which occurred in fair quantity. 
The last of the official excursions was on August 9th, when the 
north bank of the Tay between Kenmore and Aberfeldy was ex¬ 
amined. Near Kenmore the local Carex muricata was observed but 
nothing else of much consequence till the Lyon was reached. The 
Lyon was ascended as far as Comrie Castle, a little below which 
Carex vesicaria was gathered. On the north side of the Ferry, 
search was made for Stellaria umbrosa and a very few plants of it 
found. We then went down the Lyon to its junction with the Tay 
(where a very lovely bit of river scenery occurs) and then followed the 
Tay to Aberfeldy. Though a good number of the usual riverine 
plants were noticed they do not include any species that requires 
special notice, except perhaps Lythrum Salicaria. This was found a 
little above Aberfeldy but seems to be probably an introduction in 
this place. 
Whilst this concludes the account of what I have termed the offi¬ 
cial excursions of the Society, several others were made which deserve 
to be recorded. 
One day in June we went to Glenfarg Station and walked back 
through the glen, where the Lychnis Viscaria , with its bright rosy 
flowers, was a conspicuous feature on the steep banks. Amongst 
other plants observed were Trifolium striatum , Anthemis arvensis , 
Lepidium Smithii , and Carex paludosa . On emerging from the glen 
we turned westward and inspected Sambucus Ebulus beside the Wicks 
of Baiglie road, where it was detected a year ago by Mr. R. Dow. 
We then struck the great embankment of the new railway and exa¬ 
mined one side of it as far as the Bridge of Earn. Near Dron a 
new section of the carboniferous formation which occurs in this neigh¬ 
bourhood was investigated and a few fossils found. Near the same 
spot Mr. Dow found a single specimen of a yellow-flowered boragina- 
ceous plant which appears to be the South European Alkanna lutea . 
A little further on several species of Fwnaria (which still await deter¬ 
mination) were found, and a single specimen of Anthemis Cotula. 
Taking advantage of the new railway facilities, we went to Dollar 
on 8th July with the intention of following the footsteps of four bota¬ 
nists, who, on 29th June, 1839, made an excursion from Dollar, 
and discovered the existence in the Ochils of several alpine plants. 
The botanists in question were Dr. J. H. Balfour, afterwards Professor 
of Botany in Glasgow and Edinburgh ; Dr. Dewar of Dunfermline, a 
well-known local botanist, whose name is commemorated in “ Hiera- 
cium Dewari Mr. J. T. Syme, afterwards Boswell Syme, and finally 
Boswell of Balmuto, and author of the 3rd edition of English Botany ; 
and Mr. Campbell, who recorded the excursion. Following, then, the 
footsteps of those who fifty-one years previously—nearly to a day—had 
carried their vasculums up the same valley, we entered the Glen of 
Care and stormed (at the rate of 6d a head) the Castle of Gloom. 
The Glen of Care (otherwise known as Dollar Glen) is well worth a 
visit. It is a deep dark gorge through which flows the Water of Grief, 
and along whose densely wooded and precipitous sides* paths have 
been skilfully led. In one spot the path is carried on iron bars let 
