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specimen of Phallus impudicus, L., and described the process 

 employed in its preservation. The hollow stalk was filled with a 

 strong solution of gum-arabic and sugar to which had been added a 

 small quantity of carbolic acid crystals, until the gum-solution began 

 to ooze through. The excess of gum was then emptied out and the 

 interior of the stalk filled with fine dry sifted sand, in which the 

 fungus itself was also embedded and placed in a box where it was 

 allowed to remain for some weeks until quite dry, when it was taken 

 out and the excess of sand carefully brushed off. Mr. Smith sug- 

 gested that this process might be adapted to the preservation of 

 other kinds of fungi. Large species might have their stems hollowed 

 with a brass-tube cork-cutter, and agarics would require to have a 

 little of the gum-solution placed between their gills. Delicate 

 species might be soaked in gum-solution for a few hours, and the 

 excess of gum washed off, before being placed in the sand. 



The following papers were read : 



" Notes on the Flora of the Island of Barra," with illustrative 

 specimens, by Mr. A. Somerville, B.Sc.,F.L.S.* 



" Notes on some of the Rarer Plants occurring in the Valley 

 of the Garnock, Ayrshire," by Mr. John Smith, Corresponding 

 Member, t 



27th December, 1887. 



Mr. Thomas King, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The following were elected Honorary Members : Mr. William 

 Carruthers, F.R.S., P.L.S., F.G.S., Keeper of the Botanical 

 Collections in the British Museum, London ; Sir Joseph Dalton 

 Hooker, M.D., R.N., K.C.S.I., C.B., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., etc , 

 The Camp, Sunningdale, Berks.; Sir Richard Owen, K.C.B., D.C.L., 

 LL.D., F.R.C.S., F.R.S., etc., Sheen Lodge, Richmond Park, East 

 Sheen. 



Professor D'Arcy W. Thompson, B.A., F.R.S.E., University 

 College, Dundee, and Rev. David Landsborough, Kilmarnock, 

 were elected Corresponding Members. 



The following were elected Life Members : Sir James Watson, i> 

 Woodside Terrace ; Mr. J. Campbell White of Overtoun, M.A., 

 F.R.G.S., 7 West George Street; Mr. Duncan Mackinnon, 13 

 Austin Friars, London, E.C. 



* Transactions, vol. ii., p. 183. t Ibid., p. 245. 



