REVIEWS 199 



301. A number of plants are named as exhibited from various 

 localities in the district. 



REPORTS ON EXCURSIONS OF GLASGOW NATURAL HISTORY 

 SOCIETY DURING 1894-95. Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasgow, iv. pp. 

 269-279. A number of fungi are mentioned, and the dimensions 

 of numerous trees are given. 



METEOROLOGICAL NOTES AND REMARKS UPON THE WEATHER 

 DURING 1894, WITH ITS GENERAL EFFECTS UPON VEGETATION (iN 

 THE PARKS AT GLASGOW). By James Whitton. Trans. Nat. Hist. 

 Soc. Glasgoiv, iv. pp. 229-240. 



RECORDS OF MEASUREMENTS OF TREES MADE IN 1893 AND 

 1894 (IN THE DISTRICT NEAR GLASGOW). By Richard M'Kay and 

 John Renwick. Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasgow, iv. pp. 246-264. 



FIRST RECORDS OF BRITISH FLOWERING PLANTS continued. 

 Compiled by Wm. A. Clarke, F.L.S. Journ. Hot., 1896, pp. 183- 

 185, 226-228, 273-276. 



CONTRIBUTION TO THE TOPOGRAPHICAL BOTANY OF THE WEST 

 OF SCOTLAND. By Peter Ewing, F.L.S. Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. 

 Glasgow, iv. pp. 199-214. Is a list of records, since 1892, of 

 vascular plants of the region from Ayr northwards, the names being 

 alphabetically arranged. 



PLANTAGO MARITIMA, LINN., ITS DISTRIBUTION IN AYRSHIRE. 

 By John Smith. Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasgoiv, iv. pp. 226-228. 



OCCURRENCE OF CLADIUM GERMANICUM, SCHRAD., IN BUTE. By 

 James Ballantyne. Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasgow, iv. pp. 167-168. 



CYSTOPTERIS MONTANA IN STIRLINGSHIRE. By A. Somerville, 

 B.Sc. Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasgow, iv. pp. 215-217. Relates 

 to a discovery already recorded in our pages. 



BONNEMAISONIA ASPARAGOIDES, C. Ac., THAT GAVE A BLUE 



STAIN TO PAPER. By David Robertson, F.L.S. Trans. Nat. Hist. 

 Soc. Glasgow, iv. pp. 172-173. Apparently due to free iodine 

 colouring starch in paper. 



HALICYSTIS OVALIS. By David Robertson. Trans. Nat. Hist. 

 Soc. Glasgoiv, iv. p. 174. Dredged at Lamlash. 



REVIEWS. 



THE BOOK OF ANTELOPES. By P. L. Sclater, M.A., F.R.S., 

 and Oldfield Thomas, F.Z.S., F.R.G.S. Illustrated by Joseph Wolf 

 and J. Smit. (London : R. H. Porter.) 



Since our previous notices ("Annals," 1894, p. 263 ; and 1895, 



