358 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW, 
Reports on Excursions. 
Reports marked thus * relate to joint-excursions with the 
Andersonian Naturalists’ Society, Glasgow. 
REDLANDS, KELVINSIDE, 2nd May, 1895.—This was an evening 
excursion. The car terminus, Kelvinside, was the rendezvous, 
and the party was met by Mr. George Russell, who conducted 
those present to the conservatories at Redlands, the residence of 
Mr. J. B. Mirrlees. 
In the section first visited, Dendrobium Brymerianum, Reichb., 
from Burmah, was perhaps the most remarkable of the orchids on 
view, as, in addition to its fine yellow colour, the labellum is 
divided into long branching filaments which give it an extra- 
ordinary appearance. Another striking species was D. densiflorum, 
Wall., with a rare purple hue. In the main portion of the 
conservatory, a circular table in the centre covered with Azalea 
mollis, Blume, was a glowing mass of colour. In the large Tree- 
fern under the dome, a house-sparrow had built a nest among the 
fronds, about twenty feet from the floor. There were also on 
view a large specimen of Rhododendron aureum, Georgi, covered 
with large tresses of light-yellow flowers, and a comparatively new 
Genista or Broom with a red centre. 
The pond outside contained a mass of Typha, obtained from 
Mr. P. Ewing, F.L.S., some years ago. The single crown then 
presented has now increased to over one hundred. 
Lee Castiz, 11th May, 1895.—At this excursion, attention 
was principally directed to trees. The sylvan pride of the estate 
is a venerable Oak, the celebrated “Pease Tree” [Plate IV.]. 
Mr. R. Hutchison in the ‘Transactions of the Highland and 
Agricultural Society of Scotland” for 1881 says:—“It stands 
in a hollow, originally the outlet of the burn or rivulet, which 
has formed in the soil or subsoil a deep ravine, or gill, as 
it is locally termed, The soil is a medium loam, with beds 
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