262 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 



* Omithogalum umbellatum, L. In Culzean Castle Grounds. 



Scilla verna, Huds. On shore at Culzean. 



Asplenium Adiantum-nigrum, L. Do. 



A. marinum, L. Do. 



Scolopendrium vulgare, Sm. Do. 



Fungus. — The curious fungus Himeola auricula-Judae, Berk., 

 the Jew's Ear, was gathered by Mr. John Paterson, on an old 

 Elder tree. 



Aikenhead, Cathcart, 30th May, 1901. — Five members of 

 the Society, with Mr. J. J. Robertson as conductor, joined this 

 evening excursion, and were met at the gate of the policies by 

 Mr. Boucher, the gardener, who led the party over the grounds. 

 The Chestnut trees in front of the house were particularly 

 admired, the new rockery was inspected, and the garden and 

 greenhouses were visited. In some of the latter, the British 

 Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum capillus veneris, L.) was growing 

 very luxuriantly, and propagating itself in every nook and 

 crevice. 



Garscube, 13th June, 1901. — Only three members of the 

 Society made up the excursion party on this evening. The wide 

 extent of the estate, with its beautiful situation and exquisite 

 views of the Kelvin, was much admired. There was an extra- 

 ordinary wealth and variety of Rhododendrons, which specially 

 attracted attention. 



Corehouse, Lanark, 15th June, 1901. — A party of about 

 twenty visited Corehouse Estate and Corra Linn, on the Clyde, 

 in pleasant weather. Interest was particularly taken in the 

 introduced shrubs and trees. It was observed that, while in the 

 various estates of the West of Scotland it is quite usual to come 

 across individual examples of the Common Maple, Norway 

 Maple, and Turkey Oak, at Corehouse the introduced species 

 were not in solitary isolation amongst native trees, but occurred 

 in such abundance and rich profusion as to give quite a charac- 

 teristic appearance to the various avenues and shrubberies. 



* Evidently an introduction, but apparently now naturalised. 



