[12] William Yule died in 1839, and rests with his parents, brothers, and many others of his kindred, in the ruined chancel of the ancient Norman Church of St. Andrew, at Gulane, which had been granted to the Yule family as a place of burial by the Nisbets of Dirleton, in remembrance of the old kindly feeling subsisting for generations between them and their tacksmen in Fentoun Tower. Though few know its history, a fragrant memorial of this wise and kindly scholar is still conspicuous in Edinburgh. The magnificent wall-flower that has, for seventy summers, been a glory of the Castle rock, was originally all sown by the patient hand of Major Yule, the self-sowing of each subsequent year, of course, increasing the extent of bloom. Lest the extraordinarily severe spring of 1895 should have killed off much of the old stock, another (but much more limited) sowing on the northern face of the rock was in that year made by his grand-daughter, the present writer, with the sanction and active personal help of the lamented General (then Colonel) Andrew Wauchope of Niddrie Marischal. In Scotland, where the memory of this noble soldier is so greatly revered, some may like to know this little fact. May the wall-flower of the Castle rock long flourish a fragrant memorial of two faithful soldiers and true-hearted Scots. [13] Obituary notice of Yule, by Gen. R. Maclagan, R.E. _Proceedings, R. G. S._ 1890. [14] This was the famous “Grey Dinner,” of which The Shepherd made grim fun in the _Noctes_. [15] Probably the specimen from South America, of which an account was published in 1833. [16] Rawnsley, _Memoir of Harvey Goodwin, Bishop of Carlisle_. [17] Biog. Sketch of Yule, by C. Trotter, _Proceedings, R.S.E._ vol. xvii. [18] Biog. Sketch of Yule, by C. Trotter, _Proceedings, R.S.E._ vol. xvii. [19] After leaving the army, Yule always used this sword when wearing uniform. [20] The Engineer cadets remained at Addiscombe a term (= 6 months) longer than the Artillery cadets, and as the latter were ordinarily gazetted full lieutenants six months after passing out, unfair seniority was obviated by the Engineers receiving the same rank on passing out of Addiscombe. [21] Yule, in _Memoir of General Becher_. [22] Collinson’s _Memoir of Yule_ in _R. E. Journal_. [23] The picture was subscribed for by his brother officers in the corps, and painted in 1880 by T. B. Wirgman. It was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1881. A reproduction of the artist’s etching from it forms the frontispiece of this volume. [24] In _Memoir of Gen. John Becher_.