PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 475 



A report was read on the Society's excursion to Kilmalcolm. 

 (See page 460.) 



Mr. James Murray exhibited the following Mosses : — Andrecea 

 nivalis, Hook., Dicranum fulvellum, Sm., from Ben Macdhui; 

 Earhynchium cirrosum, Jur., Cylindrothecium concinnum, Sch., 

 Amhlystegium curvicaule, Lindb., Ilypnum Halleri, Linn, fil., 

 and H. procerrlmu7)i, Mol., from Ben Lawers. 



Mr. L. Watt sent for exhibition some plants from Dumbarton 

 Common. This locality, Mr. Watt says, is perhaps only second 

 in importance to Fossil Marsh, near Glasgow. Owing to its low 

 level, it cannot be drained, and some interesting plants have got 

 a firm hold. Among the plants exhibited were — Bidens cernua, 

 Linn., which was formerly limited to parts of the Common, now 

 grows all over the soft marshy patches ; Carum verticillatum, 

 Koch, has become established; Samolus Valerandi, Linn., which 

 grows in a muddy patch within the tidal margin of the Biver 

 Leven; Juncus tenuis, Willd., which is found growing along the 

 river both out of and in the water. This plant may be traced all 

 along the Biver Leven, and Mr. Bobert Kidston has found it at 

 the base of Ben Lomond. It is found in soils and under conditions 

 which vary very much, from a saline marsh to a mountain bog. 

 Scirpus TaberncBmontani, Gmel., of which there are but a few 

 plants at a corner of the Common furthest from the river, was also 

 exhibited. 



Mr. John Benwick read some notes on the larger trees in the 

 policies at Eglinton Castle. (See page 399.) 



Mr. John Paterson showed a photograph which he had received 

 from Mr. John Craig, Beith, which illustrated the method adopted 

 by the young Cuckoo in ridding itself of its companions in the 

 nest of its foster-parent. 



29th August, 1899. 



Mr. Peter Ewing, F.L.S., in the chair. 



The Hon. Secretary intimated the death of an esteemed mem- 

 ber, Mr. George W. Ord, Curator of the People's Palace, Glasgow 

 Green, and read an obituary notice by Mr. Bobert Henderson. 

 (See page 319.) 



Mr. Joseph Sommerville, Vice-President, reported on an ex- 

 cursion to Innellan and Dunoon (see page 460) ; and Mr. B. 



