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Some Scottish Mosses. Aim. S. N. H., xii. 1903, 109-15. 5 new 

 species, in barren state, described, by leaf-structure, with notes on 

 others, from Mid Perth, Outer Hebrides and Orkney. 



New and rare Scottish Mo-ses. Ann. S. N. H., xiv. lOOo, 104-8. 4 n. sps. 

 and 2 others described, aud notes on others, from Lanarkshire, 

 W. Inverness, Skye, and E. and W. Ross. 



Observations on some critical species of Scottish Mosses. Ann. S. N. 

 H., XV. 1906, 106-13. Discusses species from Mid Perth, Forfarshire, 

 -A.rgyil, Dumbartonshire, and Orkney. 



West Hio-hland Mosses and problems they snji'gest. Ann. S. N. H., 

 xvi. 1907, 42-45. Relates to species from W. Inverness and Skye. 



New aud rare Mosses from the West of Scotland. Ann. 8. N. H., xvi. 

 1907, 171-80, and Glasg. Phil. Soc, Proc, 1907, 150-8. Relates to 

 species from Arisaig, Fort William, Killin, and (Tlasgow. 



New and rare Mosses. Ann. S. N. H., xvii. 1908, 171-0. Descriptions 

 of 6 new and other rare species of .Mosses, mostly barren, from 

 Linlithgowshire, Stirlingshire, Mid Perth, W. Inverness, Argyll, 

 aud Dumbai'tonshire. 



New and rare Mosses from the West of Scotland. Ann. S. N. II., xviii. 

 1909. 168-73. Relates to species from Kirkcudbrightshire, Ren- 

 frewshire, Mid Perth, Argyll, and Outer Hebrides. 



Leucolin/nm piimilum in Britain. Scot. Bot. Rev., i. 1912, 48. 



Mosses "from the Western Highlands. Scot. Bot. Rev., i. 1912, 89-94. 

 Describes 4 n. sps., and records another from Gairloch, aud one from 

 near Loch Liunhe. ij. W. H. TKAlf;.] 



Alfred Wilby Taft (Baron de Souxellixko) was born on 

 October 25, 1847, at Caudal, near Oporto, Portugal, and died 

 on March 15, 1917, at Oporto. He was a British subject and 

 educated in England. He carried on an export wine business 

 under the name of Velloso & Tait, and throughout his busy 

 career his favourite recreation was the study of botany and more 

 especially floriculture. In the course of time he gathered together 

 a most interesting collection of beautiful and rare plants from all 

 parts of the world. Always most generous in giving specimens 

 of these to his numerous friends and nursery gardeners, he has 

 been called " O pae dos jardineiros," i. e. " a father to the 

 gardeners." It was always a great pleasure to him to introduce 

 and distribute a new plant either for its beauty or utility. 



Among liis numerous introductions here were the beautiful 

 white Mashona lily ( Watsonia), the Canary Island broom, Cytisus 

 proliferiis, Linn, f., a possible resource as food for cattle during 

 drought, the almost seedless variety of the Japanese loquat (received 

 from India), the long and beautiful Japanese ^Y^staria. in several 

 varieties, the lovely small Camelia Sasanqua, the sweet grape- 

 fruit from North America, many varieties of grapes, some of 

 Mr. Burbank's productions in improved plums, the Shasta daisy 

 {Chrysaathemimi mcuvimum), and many other plants too numerous 

 to mention. 



He specialised in the Narcissi and Iris. On March 5, 1886, 

 he discovered near Oporto a new Narcissus which the late 

 Mr. Peter Barr named "N.Johnstoni,'" after Mr. Alfred Tail's friend, 

 Mr. Edwin Johnston, a botanist who survived the Baron only a 

 few weeks. It proved eventually to be a natural hybrid between 



