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island : viz., Equisetum variegation, Lycopodium Selagiuoides, Anagallis tenella t 

 Carex dislans, Ambylodon dealbatus (abundant in fruit), and Cladonia Endivice- 

 Jolia, var. alcicomis. Besides these there occurred numerous local or other- 

 wise noteworthy plants, so that all were charmed with the richness of the flora. 



The party afterwards visited Lowlynn, where a collection of rock-plants was 

 much admired. 



About forty members remained to dinner at the Half-way House. After 

 dinner the following papers were read or laid before the meeting : — I. "William 

 Stevenson : his scientific work and writings," with an obituary notice, by Prof. 

 Duns, of Edinburgh ; 2. "On the damage done to Pine trees at Coupland 

 Castle by the snowstorms of winter 1882-S3," by M. T. Culley, Esq. ; 3. " On 

 the signification of the name Lindisfarne," by R. Carr-Ellison, Esq. ; 4. 

 *' Geological Papers and Sections," by Mr. David Carr, viz. (1), Breaks of 

 the coal-measures to the Tweed and the Till for three miles, (2), A section of 

 the Kyloe hills, from Fenwick, N.E. of the Hills to the Low, (3), A section of 

 the face of the Hetton Limestone ; 5. " On a recent visit to Kid land, with an 

 account of its antiquities, botany, zoology, and mineralogy," by James Hardy, 

 Esq. 



In the beginning of August some excursions were made in connection with 

 the club by Mr. Hardy and others with a view to extending investigations in the 

 Cheviots. During these, various noteworthy observations were made, anti- 

 quarian, botanical, and zoological. Of the plants noted there were new to the 

 flora of the Cheviots, Epipaclis latifoiia, Jimcus diffiisus, and Alopecurus 

 ■ a^reslis. Many rare continental and exotic trees thrive as if they were natives 

 in the woods at Hedgeley. 



Several examples of the Painted Lady butterfly were seen ; and the turnips 

 were observed to be suffering seriously from the attacks of Plutella Cruciferarum. 

 Plusia Gamma was also noticed to be very prevalent, a fact that has also been 

 very conspicuous during the month of July around Aberdeen, where the larvre 

 are very common now in the end of August. 



TRANSACTIONS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 



Of these transactions Vol. VII. , Part I., has just been published, containing 

 the records of the Society for the sessions 1880-81, 1881-82. The Society is 

 evidently in a flourishing condition ; and that it is doing excellent work is 

 shown by this publication. We heartily wish it the success it so well deserves, 

 and many years of continued prosperity. Though not absolutely confined to 

 the geology of Scotland, most of the papers relate to some part or other of our 

 own country ; the belief evidently being recognised as a good one that each 

 provincial society will find abundant material for work without seeking it at a 

 distance. In that belief we most fully agree. 



Among the many valuable papers it is somewhat difficult to make a selection 

 for special mention ; hence we shall only give the titles of those relating to 

 Scottish Geology and Mineralogy, leaving those that wish a closer acquaintance 

 with the contents to consult the papers themselves. These papers are as 

 follows : — 



1. "On the Post-tertiary Beds of Garvel Park, Greenock," by David 

 Robertson ; 2. " Notes on several new forms of Graptolites from the Silurian 

 Shales of Dumfriesshire," by James Dairon ; 3. " Notes on the Igneous Rocks 

 of the Kilmacolm District," by Arthur Pratt; 4. "Note on a specimen of 

 altered Dolomitic Limestone from the Cement-stone series of the Ballagan 

 Group," by James J. Dobbie, M.A., &c. ; 5. "Notes on Mull and its Leaf-beds," 

 by W. E. Koch, B. A., &c. ; 6. "The Silurian Rocks of Logan Water, Les- 

 mahagow," by J. R. S. Hunter, LL.D. ; 7. " Description of an erratic boulder 

 ■on the Highland Railway," by E. A. Wunsch; 8. "Sketch of the Geologyjof part 

 of the Mainland of Shetland," by Thomas Stewart ; 9. "Notes on the Silurian 

 Rocks of the Muirkirk District," by David Forsyth, A.M.; 10. "The Vol- 

 canic History of the Old Red Sandstone Period, north of the Grampians," by 

 John Home, F.R.S.E., &c. ; II. " On the Fossiliferous Strata lying between 



