IN MEMORIAM-—ROBERT TURNER. 75 
Saturday, 20th May, 1883, is thus referred to by him :—“ The 
ramble through the glens was a pleasant one, as the party were 
following in the fresh footsteps of the spring, under trees but 
newly leaved, among green banks enchased with primrose gold or 
anemone silver, while larks were singing and soaring overhead, 
euckoos calling, and swift swallows darting about. The little 
celandine still lingered in shady places. The bird-cherry was 
abundant by the burnside, each bush covered with snowy masses 
of its beautiful racemes. There was profusion of sweet-cicely, 
wood-violets, wood-sorrel, wild hyacinths, and red campions. The 
tuberous comfrey and the wood starwort—both rare plants south 
of the Tweed—-were plentiful here. The mountain-speedwell 
and the wood-loosestrife were also found. In a damp shady part 
of Castlecary Glen were found a good many plants of the beautiful 
and curious Herb-Paris, and several of those gathered had five 
leaves in each whorl instead of the usual four. The delicate oak- 
fern, and the bright green beech one, were growing about the same 
place. The adder’s-tongue was got in plenty in a field along the 
railway between Vaut and Castlecary Glens. In another place 
_ the shepherd’s-club was seen just above ground, and was easily 
recognised owing to the great withered stalks of last season still 
remaining. Various leaf-fungi were noticed on the leaves of the 
violet, dog-mercury, lady’s-mantle, &c.” 
As a member of the committee appointed to edit the Proceedings 
and Transactions and other publications of the Society, he also 
rendered important and useful services. These extended over a 
period of about nine years, and were continued even after the 
state of his health prevented his attendance at the meetings. 
He frequently contributed to the business of the meetings by 
exhibiting specimens, reading papers, or taking part in the 
discussion of scientific topics. On such occasions, his remarks 
were listened to with perhaps more general interest and closer 
attention than were those of any of his contemporaries in the 
, - Society. His first appearance as an exhibitor was on 28th 
- October, 1879, when he submitted a specimen of Potamogeton 
| Zizii, Roth, then recently discovered in Cauldshiels Loch, near 
_ Melrose, by his friend the late Mr. A. Brotherston. 
In 1880 he became a member of the Cryptogamic Society of 
Scotland, During the autumn of that year, the Society held its 
