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House. Dogwood and Rhododendrons were abundant, planted as 
cover for game, as rabbits do not eat their bark. 
_ Mr. R. M‘Kay reported on an excursion to the links and shore 
between Monkton and Prestwick on 7th July, when Calystegia 
Soldanella, R.Br., and Eryngium maritimum, L., were met with. 
Mr. C. Sherry reported on a visit to the Botanic Gardens on 
3rd inst., and submitted an interesting list of growing plants 
observed on the occasion, 
Mr. W. Craibe Angus read a short paper descriptive of the 
_ Buzzard, Buteo vulgaris, Leach, an example of which had recently 
been shot near Carradale. 
Mr. John Smith sent for exhibition Lactuca mwralis, L., 
growing on sandy road-side between Kilwinning and Arvine, a 
new record for Ayrshire. He also sent specimens of Pyrola minor, 
-L., var. arenaria, L.B., from Ardeer sandhills, where he has 
known it to grow for over twenty years. Mr. Arthur Bennett, 
F.L.S., says of the plant—‘‘I have no doubt it is the form that 
_ L. Benys called arenaria, from the East Frisian Islands.” It has 
not been hitherto reported from Scotland. 
Mr. Johnston Shearer showed Meriensia maritima, Don, from 
the west coast of Bute, and Lamiwm maculatum, L., from Seamill, 
Ayrshire. 
Mr. Peter Ewing exhibited Gentiana nivalis, L., from Cam 
_ Creag; Encalypta streptocarpa, Hedw., from Killin; and a 
rufescens, Hall., in fruit, from Glen Doekay: 
Professor ee showed a number of plants from Lochwinnoch 
_ Parish. Aniong these were—Thlaspi arvense, L., and Nasturtiwm 
sylvestre, R.Br., the latter not mentioned in Hennedy’s Flora, but 
now found in several quarters; Lysimachia vulgaris, L., L. 
thyrsiflora, L., and L. Nummularia, L. This last is scarcely 
_ native, but has established itself, and is growing luxuriantly. 
Meum athamanticum, J acq., and Sedum villosum, L., were found 
on the way to Cock-my-lane. Typha latifolia, L., Aconitum 
_ Napelius, L., and Cnicus heterophyllus, Willd., and Linaria 
_ Cymbalaria, Mill, were observed within the policy of Castle 
Semple. Trisetwm flavescens, Beauv., said by Hennedy to be 
very rare, was found, apparently wild, near Barfod. The com- 
monest Sedge in the Barr meadow, and on the edges of the loch, 
_ is Carex aquatilis, Wahl., var. Watsoni, Syme, known locally as 
