10 Proceedings of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway 



Gibson to continue their investigation, and communicate with 

 Mr. Stratherne. — See Note, Transactions. 



Mr. Corrie, Procurator Fiscal, brought before the Society 

 the discovery of a large number of coins and other interesting 

 relics, which had been recently found near Cannobie by a man 

 while ploughing. He had not yet received them, but would 

 endeavour to afford the Society an opportunity of examining 

 them before forwarding them to excheqiier.* 



Dr. Grierson, in illustration of the mildness of the season, 

 exhibited specimens of seventeen species of plants in flower in 

 the open air, and made a few observations on the difficulty of 

 naturalizing plants, and the speciality of self-naturalization of 

 some plants. As an illustration he mentioned the Mimulus 

 lutea, which grows wild, or in a self-naturalized state, in great 

 profusion by the sides of the Minyhive Eoad, and in various 

 places in the neighbourhood of Thornhill. Also the White 

 Butter Bur, which had established itself in several places on 

 the banks of the Nith. 



April 7th, 1863. 

 Sir W. JAEDINE, Bart., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Eobt. Scott jun. ; Mr. E. B. Carruthers, Dumfries ; 

 Mr. J. Jackson, Aimesfield ; Eev. D. Hogg, Kirkmahoe, were 

 elected Ordinary Members. 



The President made some remarks on the objects and ad- 

 vantages of the Society, throwing out various suggestions for 

 securing its existence, and alluding especially to the advantage 

 which would be gained by the publication, at the close of the 

 year, of a report embodying the result of its efforts, and con- 

 taining an abstract of the more important papers read during 

 each session. He thought it advisable that the in-door meet- 



* These are now in the Museum of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 

 in Edinbiu-gh. The coins were of Alexander III., John Baliol, and Edward 

 I. and IT. 



