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TRANSACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF 



EDINBURGH. 



Vol. XIV. Part III. Obituary notices of Sir Robert Christison, of Sir C. 

 Wyville Thomson, of G. Stoddard Blackie, and of W. Jameson. Dr. J. 

 Stirton, ' ' On Lichens from Newfoundland, from New Zealand, and from the 

 South of Scotland ; " R. Bullen, " Report on the Vegetation in the Garden of 

 the Royal Botanic Institution, Glasgow, from January till November, 

 1882 ;" J. Sadler, "Report on Temperatures and Open-air Vegetation at the 

 Royal Botanic Gardens, Edindurgh, from November, 1SS1, till July, 1S82 ; " 

 Id., " Notes on the Table of Flowering of Plants in the Royal Botanic Gardens, 

 Edinburgh, from 1850 to 1882;" Id., " Notes on Memorial Trees Planted 

 in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh." 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 



Vol. V. Part II., sustains the well-known character of the preceding volumes. 

 Among the papers in it a number refer to Scotch subjects strictly, while others 

 relate to subjects from other parts of the world. The titles of the former are 

 as follows : — " Notes on Orlhagoriscus mola L., caught in the Firth of Clyde," 

 by J. M. Campbell ; "The Islands and Rocks of Haskeir, off North Uist, 

 and their Bird-life," and " The Flannan Islands and their Bird-life," both by 

 J. A. Harvie-Brown, F.Z.S., with sketches of the Islands in each case ; 

 " Meteorological Notes and Remarks on the State of Vegetation in the Public 

 Parks of Glasgow, during the Vear 18S1, by D. M'Lellan; " Ornitho- 

 logical Jottings from the Neighbourhood of Loch Lomond, for 1881," by James 

 Lumsden, F.Z.S. ; "Some notes on Goiiiocypris mitra" by Thomas Scott, 

 announcing that the author had ascertained, from an examination of specimens 

 from the Glasgow and Paisley Canal, that this creature, formerly supposed to 

 be an Ostracode, is in reality the larva of Anodonta cygnea ; ' ' On Bubo\ignavus i 

 the Eagle Owl," from near Ardrishaig, by J. M. Campbell; "Additional 

 Notes on the Birds of the North-west of Perthshire," and "Notes on the 

 Mammalia of Buchan," both by Wm. Horn; " Notes on the Fossils found in 

 a Thin Bed of Impure Carboniferous Limestone at Glencart, near Dairy, Ayr- 

 shire," by John Young, F.G.S. ; "Notes on the Flora of West Kilbride and 

 Ardrossan," by D. A. Boyd. Among the notes of exhibitions we observe, as 

 of special interest, the following as new to Scotland : — The gall, and both 

 sexes of the insect Spathogaster verrucosus, on oaks from Mugdock Wood, by 

 P. Cameron ; Hypei'ammina arbuscula, Norman (a Foraminifer previously 

 known only from Greenland) and Pelosina variabilis, Brady, both from Cum- 

 brae, by D. Robertson, F.L.S. ; Stenophylax infumatus, M'L. , by J. J. King ; 

 a fine series of remains offish, crustaceans, &c, from Garvel Park, Greenock, 

 by James Steed, the most interesting feature in the collection being remains of 

 Cancer Pagurus and Hyas, showing the antiquity of these forms in Scotland. 



The deaths of four members are noted during the year — Edward R. Alston, 

 James Allan, Arthur Pratt, and Daniel Reid Rankin, M.D. 



We are glad to notice that an arrangement has been entered into with the 

 Town Council of Glasgow, whereby the Society undertakes to form and hand 

 over to the Town Council collections of British invertebrata and plants, 

 accurately named and arranged, while the Town Council undertakes to supply 

 the requisite materials, cabinets, and register, such collections to be deposited 

 in Kelvingrove Museum. 







