INDEX. 



Acotyledons, Monocot^yledons, and Di- 

 cotyledons, Morphology and Physi- 

 ology of, 39. 



Allan, J., Notes on Marine Excursions: 

 Joppa, 315. 



Delesseria in fruit, 329. 



American Plants, some, -worth Notice. 

 163. 



Anacharis alsinastrum, the continued 

 flowering of Male flowers of, 81. 



Ancient Yew at Fortingall, history of 

 the, 220. 



Animal and Vegetable Symbiosis, or 

 Consortism, 172. 



Animals and plants, points of distinc- 

 tion between, 173. 



Annual Business Meetings, 52, 187, 

 265, 337. 



Antlers of Deer, the, 283. 



Archibald, Stewart, List of a few Ferns 

 and Fern-Varieties collected chiefly 

 in the parish of Kilmalcolm, Ren- 

 frewshire, 1881-82, 78. 



Arran, a Day's Ramble in the Northern 

 Part of, 107. 



Bees and Bee-Culture, 62. 



Bees, alleged destruction of, by Spotted 

 Flycatcher, 9. 



Bees, enemies of, 72. 



Bird, G., Notes of a Botanical Ramble 

 in the Saentis district, Switzerland, 

 Aug. 1881, 19. 



Bird-life of Pitlochry, 87. 



Blow-fly, Tongue of the, in relation to 

 its Food, 330. 



British Mosses, Nomenclature of, 45. 



Brown, G. L., Notes on Spring Vegeta- 

 tion as observed at Morningside, 114. 



Buntings, the Commoner, 202. 



Calathea zebrina. Structure and Pol- 

 lination of the Flower of, 150. 



Carnivorous Plants, Structure and 

 Habits of, 151. 



Cathcart Ether Freezing Microtome, 

 the, 112. 



Churchyards, occurrence of Yews in, 



224. 

 Coloration of Water, &c., Organic Causes 



of the, 273. 

 Craig, A., jun., Tlie Haunts and Habits 



of the Crossbill {Loxia curvirostra), 



24. 



Pitlochry and its Bird-life, 87. 



The Sylviidfe, or Warblers, 143. 



The Commoner Buntings, 202. 



The Ring and Water Ousels : 



their Homes and Habits, 304. 

 Craigie, Miss, Geological Notes on a 



few of the Excursions, 115. 

 Crossbill, Haunts and Habits of the, 



24. 



Deadnettles, the various species of, 



250. 

 Delesseria in fruit, 329. 

 Diatoms, on, 238. 

 Dionrea muscipula, or Venus's Fly-trap, 



155. 

 Distinguished men. Mosses named 



after, 47. 

 Drosera, or Sundew, 152. 



Ferns and Fern-Varieties, List of, col- 

 lected in Renfrewshire, 78. 



Field-Naturalists, 189. 



Flora of a Country, probable eff'ects of 

 a change of Elevation on, 14. 



Foraminifera, on the, 330. 



Forgan, W., Photo-micrography, 261. 



Notes on Microscope Objec- 

 tives, 326. 



Fortingall Yew, the, 218. 



Eraser, H. , Abnormal Growths on Root 

 of Taxodium distichum, 318. 



Frazer, A., M.A., The Cathcart Ether 

 Freezing Microtome, 112. 



Improved Forms of Ether and 



Imbedding Microtomes, 260. 



The Objects and Methods of 



Meteorology, 299. 



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