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THE CRYPTOGAMIC SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND 



Held its thirteenth annual conference at Greenock on the 4th, 

 5th and 6th October last, under the presidency of the Rev. Hugh 

 Macmillan, D.D., LL.D. The meeting was well attended, and 

 proved a most enjoyable one throughout. The weather was fine 

 for Greenock, and even the most enthusiastic Cryptogamists were 

 compelled at times to pause in their search, and lift their eyes 

 from earth to gaze upon the exquisite scenery of the islands, lochs 

 and mountains of the far-famed West of Scotland. The hospitality 

 of our Greenock friends needs no comment. At the annual 

 dinner the members had a pleasant re-union. 



At the public meeting of the Society the President delivered an 

 admirable inaugural address on Cryptogamic Botany. We give it 

 in our present issue, as it cannot fail to awaken interest and 

 enthusiasm and reverence in the minds of many who were not 

 privileged to listen to it. 



The following papers were communicated : 1, Heteroecism 



in the Uredines ; 2, Revision of Scotch Eerisporiaceae ; 

 3, Revision of Scotch Ohytridiaceae, Protomyceteae, 

 and Ustilagineae; 4, Revision of Scotch Gymnoascese, 



all by Professor J. W. H. Trail ; and 5, On a Curious 

 Habitat of some Mosses, by C. P. Hobkirk. The Society 

 received considerable additions to its membership. 



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