364 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW 
Common Sandpiper (Z'otanus hypoleucus (Linn.) ) had become well 
established for the season, about a dozen of them being seen on 
the north side of the Loch. The following large trees were 
measured :—A Beech (Fagus sylvatica, Linn.) west of garden, 
11 feet 9 inches at 5 feet on the side next the walk; a Cedar of 
Lebanon (Cedrus Libani, Barrel.) 12 feet 94 inches at 3 feet 
8 inches on the west side of the trunk; a Spanish Chestnut 
(Castanea sativa, Mill.) west of garden, 15 feet 84 inches at 4 feet 
8 inches on the north-east side of the tree. 
* Brarpwoop, 9th May, 1896.—On the afternoon of this date, 
a party, numbering about forty, visited the Fiddler Gill, at Braid- 
wood, and proceeded subsequently via Crossford to Craignethan 
(* Tillietudlem ”) Castle. The botany of this district was already 
familiar to many of those present, and the report shows that 
nothing was added to our knowledge of its flora. 
Botanic Garpens, 12th May, 1896.—This, an evening 
excursion, took place in fine weather, and was largely attended. 
The new Lily-pond and Marsh-ground, although in a somewhat 
incomplete state, attracted considerable attention. In the former 
were observed quantities of Vymphea alba, Linn., and Nuphar 
lutewm, Sm., recently taken from St. Germain’s Loch, Bearsden ; 
also several hybrid Nymphee obtained by purchase. 
In the Kibble Conservatory were noted, among other plants, 
Thuya orientalis, Linn., a tiny spreading bush, fully fifty years 
old, and not more than ten inches high, which was densely clothed 
with numerous short, tufted, fan-shaped branchlets of a glossy 
light-green colour; Cineraria cruenta, |Heérit., a native of 
Teneriffe, with heart-shaped leaves, toothed at the edge, tinged 
with red or purple (in the wild state the flowers have a deep- 
purple disk, with bright-purple rays, but since it has been taken 
up as a florist’s flower a countless number of varieties have been 
raised from seed, with flowers in which white, purple, crimson, 
violet, &c,, are combined in ever-varying proportions) ; a leafless 
leguminous plant, Bossiwa scolopendria, Sm., with flat stems, 
