58 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



mountains, particularly on those to the south of Little Loch Broom 

 in Ross-shire, etc. Lightfoot, ' Fl. Scot.,' i. 215." 



Loiskuria proaanbens, "1777. Upon dry barren ground near 

 the summits of the Highland mountains, in many places, as in Ben- 

 mor, etc. Lightfoot, ' Fl. Scot.,' i. 140. See Pennant, 'Voy.,'ii. 



245 (i774)." 



Phyllodoce taxifolia, " 1812. Discovered at Aviemore, in Strath- 

 spey, and in the western isles of Shiant. ' E. B.,' 2469. First noticed 

 near Aviemore by Mr. Brown of Perth. Sm. ' E. Fl.,' ii. 222." 



Pyrola rotittidifolia, " 1640. In Yorkshire, Lancashire, and 

 farther North, yea, even in Scotland in the woods everywhere. 

 Park, 'Theatr.' 510." 



Moneses graudiflora, "1793. Found in 1792 near Brodie 

 House, Scotland, by James Brodie and Mr. James Hoy, near Gordon 

 Castle in Moray. Both these gentlemen, we believe, are equally 

 entitled to the honour of its first discovery. ' E. B.,' 146." 



Primula scofica, " 1819. Found by Mr. Gibb of Inverness on 

 Holborn Head, near Thurso in Caithness. Hooker in Curtis, ' Fl. 

 Lond.,' i. 133." 



Trientalis europcea, "1620. In betuletis Scotise natans, D. 

 Cargillus ex Scotia misit. C. Bauhin, 'Prod. Th. Bot.,' p. 100." 



Some unexpected " Aliens " in the flora of Aberdeen. Owing 

 to somewhat extensive alterations on the surface of the ground in 

 and near Aberdeen, a very considerable number of " aliens " have 

 sprung up during the last two or three years. This has been especi- 

 ally marked on ground made up of rubbish of all kinds carted into a 

 former portion of the channel of the river Dee. In 1892 part of this 

 ground was enclosed within a high paling ; and, thus protected from 

 passers by, aliens in surprising variety have grown more or less 

 vigorously on the rubbish-heaps. I have endeavoured to secure 

 examples of all the species ; but a full statement of these must be 

 deferred meantime. A curious proof of the uncommon warmth of the 

 summer of 1893 is afforded by the growth on this ground, in con- 

 siderable numbers, of such unexpected aliens as Tomatoes (flowering 

 freely, and producing fruits an inch or more in diameter), Oranges, 

 and Date Palms. The two last also sprang up as accidental intro- 

 ductions in my garden. The Oranges reached a height of about 

 four or five inches, and formed as many as four leaves before being 

 nipped by frost in November. The Palms bore a leaf from four to 

 eight inches long, and resisted two slight snowstorms with rather 

 sharp frost. Of course our winter is too severe for all three species 

 named. JAMES W. H. TRAIL. 



Botanical Exchange Club of the British Isles, Report for 1892 

 by G. Claridge Druee, M.A., F.L.S. Among the numerous notes 

 on forms of British plants, a number relate to examples from Scot- 



