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the vegetable cell, with some special researches relating to cell-morphology, 

 by Allan E. Grant; on the oil-bodies of Jungermannieoe, by John Rattray; on 

 the Germination of Podophyllum Emodi, and on the occurrence of Foliage- 

 leaves in Ruscus androgynus, with some structural and morphological observa- 

 tions, both by Prof. Dickson. 



Teratology: — On a divarication of the Common Primrose with the calyx 

 divided into linear segments, by Charles Howie ; on an abnormal form of 

 Listera cordata, by Thomas If. Corry. 



Geological Botany: — On the affinities of Pothocites Pat., with the 

 description of a specimen from Glencartholm, Eskdale, by Robert Kidston, 

 (appeared in the Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist, in May, 1883) ; on the coal incrusting 

 the large Pinaceous fossil stems in front of the Herbarium, Royal Botanic 

 Garden, and its bearing on the questiou of the formation of coal, by Andrew 

 Taylor. 



PERTHSHIRE SOCIETY OP NATURAL SCIENCE. 



March 5///. — -Annual Meeting. — From the annual report the Society is in a 

 prosperous condition, and has added largely to its membership during the past 

 year. 



Eight long excursions were made in the course of the preceding summer ; 

 six ordinary meetings were held, and a conversazione on 22nd January proved 

 highly successful. The increase in the number of specimens received for the 

 Society's Museum rendered it necessary to have new cases constructed, and 

 the Museum had to be closed to the public for between three and four months, 

 but during the year it was visited by about 7000 persons. So cordial assistance 

 has been given in extending the collections that already the need of an addi- 

 tional hall for their exhibition is urgently felt. 



The Society expressed the great regret felt on the retirement from the office 

 of secretary of Mr. John Young, C. E., who had since 1874 discharged its 

 duties with great benefit to the Society. 



In his Presidential Address, Dr. Buchanan White dealt with the present 

 condition, and the possible future, of the Museum. In the past three years the 

 collections have been almost wholly formed ; before 1881 the Society had no 

 place in which to keep specimens. The census of specimens on March 5th, 

 1885, was in the Index collection upwards of 2,000, (including drawings and 

 models) of which 900 are geological, 700 zoological, and 400 botanical. In the 

 Perthshire or Local collection those now available for study are about 15,000, 

 belonging to 1,712 species out of about 2,300 known to occur in Perthshire. 

 They are divided thus, the number of specimens in each group coming first, 

 then the number of species represented, and lastly, in brackets, the number of 

 species in the group known to have been found in Perthshire : — 



Mammals 100, 62 (39) ; Birds 329, 169 (219) ; Bird's Eggs 420, 62 (ill) j 

 Birds' Nests 92, 48 (in); Reptiles and Amphibians 15, 6 (8) ; Freshwater 

 fishes 48, 18 (23) ; Land and Freshwater Mollusca 3604, 54 (58) ; Lepidoptera 

 2085, 447 (S49) ; Flowering Plants and Ferns, about 8000, about 900; Native 

 Timber Trees 197, 19 (19). 



There are in addition to the above several thousand specimens of the In- 

 vertebrata and of Cryptogamic plants awaiting arrangement, and also space for 



