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notable perhaps beino; his paper on the British Willows, which 

 came out in our own Journal, vol. xxvii. in 1890. 



Tbe wide sympathies of the man are shown by the large 

 amount of information published by liim, as recounted in the 

 April number of the ' Scottish Naturalist ' of this year, pp. 81-90, 

 a periodical which he edited unweariedly from 1871 to 1882. 

 During the last few years he suffered a little from rheumatism ; 

 but it was not so severe as to greatly interfere with his usual 

 pursuits: in 1894, however, symptoms of heart affectiou showed 

 themselves ; and he passed away at his house, Annat Lodge, 

 Perth, on the 3rd December, 1894, leaving a widow, two sons, 

 and several daughters. He was elected Fellow of this Society 

 5th June, 1893. 



The President having called attention to the retirement of the 

 Zoological Secretary, Mr. W. Percy Sladen, after holding office 

 for ten years, an announcement which he felt sure would b,e 

 received with universal regret, it was proposed by Mr. Car- 

 ruthers, seconded by Mr. Crisp, and supported by Mr. Charles 

 Breese : — '* That the Fellows of this Society, regretting the re- 

 tirement of Mr. Walter Percy Sladen from the post of Zoological 

 Secretary which he has occupied for the past ten years, desire to 

 record upon the Miuutes of the Society an expression of their 

 high appreciation of the services which he has rendered to the 

 Society, and of the very able manner in which he has at all 

 times discharged the duties of his office." 



This resolution having been put, was carried unanimously ; 

 and, after a sympathetic reply from Mr. Sladen, the proceedings 

 terminated. 



June 6th, 1895. 

 ' Mr. W. Peecy Sladen", F.Z.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the Anniversary Meeting were read and 

 confirmed. 



Mr. Bernard Barham Woodward was elected a Fellow. 



On behalf of the President, the Vice-President in the Chair 

 read the following nominations as Vice-Presidents during the 

 ensuing year, viz. : — Mr. John Gilbert Baker, Mr. Frank Crisp, 

 Mr. Arthur Lister, and Mr. W. Percy Sladen. 



Mr. M. Buysman, who has laboured for many years to establish 

 a garden at Middleburg for Economic Plants, exhibited specimens 

 to show the excellence and completeness of his preparations. 



Oa behalf of Mr. T. J. Mann, who had lately returned from 

 Ceylon, Mr. Harting exhibited specimens of a Butterfly, Cato- 

 phaga galena^ Felder, which had been observed migrating iu 

 thousands across the northern part of that island during March 



