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In connection with the British Association's visit to Glasgow 

 in 1901, Mr. Ord was placed on the Botanical Committee for 

 Phanerogams, and on the Zoological Committee for Macro- 

 liCpidoptera, Tipulidne, and Aphidae. 



Mr. Ord was a wide reader, and, having a retentive memory 

 and a clear head, his knowledge was accurate and his judg- 

 ment sound. Frank and unselfish to a degree, he had many 

 friends in public and private life, and his large heart and 

 sympathies made him ever ready to respond to the call of the less 

 fortunate. A lovable companion and a faithful friend, may his 



memory ever remain green ! 



R. H. 



Botanical Notes from Galloway for 1897-98. 



By James M'Andeew, New Galloway. 



[Read 29th November, 1898.] 



The three South-Western counties of Scotland have now been so 

 extensively botanized that comparatively few Flowering Plants 

 must remain to be recorded. It follows, therefore, that my new 

 records for Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire for 1897-8 are 

 almost 7iil. In July, 1897, around Auchencairn, on the Sol way 

 Firth, I found Poterium officinale, Hook. ; Sagina maritima, 

 Don ; Ononis spinosa, Linn. ; Galium Cruciafa, Scop. ; Juncus 

 maritimus, Lam. In Redhaven Bay I gathered Teesdalia nudi- 

 caulis, R. Br. ; Filago 7ninima, Fr. ; Filago germanica, Linn. ; and 

 Erodium cicutarium, L'Herit. About Bay View grow two rare 

 plants, Lepturus filiformis, Trin., which also grows in plenty 

 along the River Urr, south of Palnackie ; and. Blysmus Caricis, 

 Retz., which I also found in 1896 at the mouth of the Kirkbean 

 Burn. Along the west side of Auchencairn Bay are Carex extensa, 

 Good.; C. vulpina, Linn.; C. muricata, Linn,; C . disticha, Huds.; 

 and C. sylvatica, Huds.; and the grasses Milium effusum, Linn.; 

 Trisetum pratense, Pers. (=AvenaJlavescens, Beauv.); and Zostera 

 marina, Linn., in abundance on the muddy shore. Other 



