VI CONTENTS. 



Proceedings — Continued — page 



Carex chordorrhiza, Linn., from West Sutherland. By Peter 



Ewing, F.L.S., - - - - 299 



Stirlingshire Plants. By Colonel J. S. Stirling and Robert 



Kidston, F.R.S.E., F.G.S., 299 



Gift to the Library of the "Challenger" Reports from the 



Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, - - 300 



Obituary Notice — Joseph Christie, 300 



Pilularia glohidifera, Linn., from Lochend Loch, By Richard 



M'Kay, 302 



Abstract Statement of Accounts — Session 1896-97, - - - 304 



List of Members, 305 



Transactions — 



In Memoriam — George Walker Ord, 319 



Botanical Notes from Galloway for 1897-98. By James 



M 'Andrew, New Galloway, , 321 



Meteorological Notes, and Remarks upon the Weather during 



the Year 1898, with its General Effects upon Vegetation. 



By James Whitton, Superintendent of Parks, Glasgow, - 324 

 Conodonts from the Carboniferous Limestone Strata of the 



West of Scotland. By John Smith. ( With Notes on the, 



Specimens and Dtscripiions of Six Ntio Species, hy Geo. 



Jennings Hinde, Ph.D., F.G.S.) With two Plates [IX. 



andX.], 336 



Notes on some Crustacea from Fairlie and Hunterston, Firth of 



Clyde. By Thomas Scott, F.L.S., &c., - - - - 346 

 The Lepidoptera in relation to Flowers. By George W. Ord, - 355 

 Narrative of a Cruise in Loch Fyne, June, 1899. By John 



Paterson and John Renwick. With two Plates [XL , XII. ], 366 

 Heronries, Past and Present, in the Clyde Faunal Area. By 



Hugh Boyd Watt, 378 



Measurements of Notable Trees at Eglinton Castle. By John 



Renwick, 899 



White Cattle : An Inquiry into their Origin and History. By 



R. Hedger Wallace. With a Bibliography, - - - 403 



Reports on Excursions — 



Callander, Milngavie, Botanic Gardens, Queen's Park, Aberfoyle, 



Crieff, 457 



Edinburgh, 459 



Eglinton, 459 



Kilmalcolm, 460 



Innellan, 460 



Newmilns, 461 



Proceedings — 



Fungi from Dunkeld. By William Stewart, .... 461 

 Report on Flora of Ben Lawers. By Peter Ewing, F.L.S., - 462 

 Report of the Council on the Business of Session (1897-98), - 463 



