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district. Typical examples of these moths were also shown for 

 comparison. 



Mr. D. A. Boyd showed specimens of Didymium physarioides, 

 Fr., Leotia lubrica, Pers., SjJoromega cladophila, Lev., and 

 other fungi from the West Kilbride district. Sections illus- 

 trating the asci, sporidia, and paraphyses of Geoglossiun 

 difforme and Leotia lubrica, were exhibited under the microscope. 



Mr. Robert H. Read, C.E., M.B.O.U., read a paper on "The 

 Nesting Habits of some resident British Ducks," illustrated 

 with specimens of the birds, and examples of nests and eggs 

 recently obtained in Scotland. 



28th January, 1891. 



Professor F. O. Bower, D.Sc, F.R.S.E., F.L.S., President, in 

 the Chair. 



The Secretary (Mr. D. A. Boyd), referred to the loss which 

 the Society had sustained in the death of Mr. Adolf Paul Schulze, 

 F.R.S.E., F.R.M.S., which took place on 3rd inst. He moved, 

 and it was unanimously resolved that a memorial notice of 

 Mr. Schulze should be recorded in the minutes, and a copy 

 thei-eof transmitted to Mrs. Schiilze, with an expression of the 

 sympathy of the Members of the Society with her and her 

 family in their bereavement. 



IN MEMORIAM—AtiOUF Paul Schulze, F.R.S.E., F.R.M.S. 



Mr. Schulze was born on Sth October, 1840, at Crimmitschau, 

 in Saxony. He was educated at the Burgerschule in that town, 

 at a similar school at Mohl, near Zwickau, and at the Polytechnic 

 at Chemnitz. He studied engineering at Chemnitz for about 

 four years, and came to England in 186-1, when he obtained 

 the position of draughtsman to Messrs. Pratchett, Blaylock 

 and Pratchett. In 1866 he joined his brother in bvisiness in 

 Manchester as a yarn merchant, and settled in Glasgow in 1869. 



While well known in business circles, his high scientific attain- 

 ments were widely recognised and appreciated. In a great 

 commercial centre such as our own, comparatively few men 

 immersed in the daily cares of business life find time, or even 

 have the inclination, to devote their leisure hours to the cul- 

 tivation of a department of science, and tewer still are able 

 to prosecute such studies with the unflagging energy necessary 

 to insure an eminent degree of success. But no desire of mere 

 amusement or recreation marked his devotion to his favourite 

 pursuit. An intense love of research enabled him to find the 

 keenest pleasure in laborious investigations, while his great 

 capacity for such work, and habits of scrupulous accuracy, 

 rendered these investigations of permanent value to science. 



