PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 385d 
Mr. R. D. Wilkie exhibited a number of mosses from Calder 
Glen, Lochwinnoch, including Gymnostomum curvirosirum, Hedw. ; 
Anectangium compactum, Schleich., fertile; Dicranum Bonjeanii, 
De Not.; Zieria julacea, Sch., fertile; Brywm rosewm, Schreb. ; 
Diphyscium foliosum, W. & M. 
On behalf of Mr. James Murray, there was exhibited Hedwigi- 
dium imberbe, Smith, a rare British moss, which he had gathered 
near Loch Trool, Kirkcudbrightshire. This appears to be the 
first record of this species for Scotland. 
Mr, James M‘Andrew, of New Galloway, Corresponding Mem- 
ber, contributed a paper entitled “Botanical Notes for 1895— 
Wigtownshire.” (See page 344.) 
In a brief communication, Dr. John Grieve drew attention to 
an old record of the occurrence of the Sturgeon (Acipenser stwrio, 
Linn.) in the Clyde, which he had come across in the Scots Maga- 
zine, 1754. The reference to the occurrence is as follows :—“ On 
the 10th of July [1754], a large Sturgeon, a fish not common in 
our seas or rivers, was taken in the Clyde by the Renfrew salmon- 
fishers, and carried alive to Glasgow. It measured about 8 feet 
4 inches in length, and was proportionately thick.” 
25TH Fepruary, 1896. 
Professor Thomas King, President, in the chair. 
Intimation was made of the gift to the Library of MacGilli- 
vray’s “ British Birds,” from Sir Charles Tennant, Bart., of The 
Glen, to whom a hearty vote of thanks was accorded. To Mr. 
W. A. Dobie thanks were also accorded for enabling the Society 
to add the Zoologist to the list of scientific journals which it 
receives. 
Mr, P. Ewing, F.L.S., exhibited a complete series of the British 
Andrewacee enumerated in Braithwaite’s “ British Moss Flora,” 
all from Scottish localities. 
Mr, R. D. Wilkie exhibited living specimens of the so-called 
“Japanese Blue Moss” (Climaciwm sp. ?), which had recently 
- been the subject of a controversy in the Glasgow newspapers. 
The examples exhibited showed green shoots developed on the 
blue ones. These had been reared, from dyed imported plants, 
