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Geranium pyrenaicum, L. Craigmillar Castle and vicinity. 



Geranium dissectum, L, Same locality. 



Geranium lucidum, L. Same locality. 



Geranium Phaeum, L. Woods around Dysart House. A gar- 

 den escape — naturalised. 



Potentilla reptans, L. By the roadside leading from Dudding- 

 ston Station to Craigmillar Castle. 



Notwithstanding the various changes in this locality, the above 

 station is identical with that referred to by Dr Greville in his 

 ' Flora Edinensis,' published in 1824. 



Smyrnium Olusatrum, L. Craigmillar Castle. 



This plant, having been formerly cultivated as a pot-herb, has 

 most probably been introduced into this locality. 



Ligusticum scoticum, L. Inchkeitli. 

 Erytliraea pulchella, Fries. Gullane Links. 

 Anchusa sempervirens, L. Craigmillar Castle. 

 Hyoscyamus niger, L. Gullane Links. 



Mimulus luteus, L. In ditches near Dysart House. Natur- 

 alised from North America. 



Lathraea squamaria, L. Eoslin Woods. 

 Utricularia vulgaris, L. Gullane Links. 

 Anagallis tenella, L. Gullane Links. 

 Rumex scutatus, L. 



This, the French or Garden Sorrel, introduced from France in 

 1596, is naturalised on the walls of Craigmillar Castle. 



Lepturus filiformis, Trin. Aberlady. 

 Asplenium septentrionale, Hull. Blackford Hill. 



IX.— ON THE OBJECTS AND METHODS OF METEOROLOGY. 



By Mr ALEX. FRAZER, M.A. 



{Jem.. 22, 1886.) 



At the request of the Council, Mr Alex. Frazer, M.A., delivered a 

 lecture to the members of the Club " On the Objects and Methods 

 of ]\Ieteorology." The lecture was of a practical nature through- 

 out, describing in detail the mechanism of such " weather-instru- 

 ments " as the thermometer, barometer, and anemometer, and the 

 various improvements effected from time to time on their con- 

 struction. Particular attention was given to wind-storms, and the 



