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Pers., on Agrostis vulgaris ; Puccinia arenarice, Schum., on 

 Arenaria trinerva, &c. The following trees were measured, 

 viz. : — Araucaria imbricata, R. and P., 5 ft. 8 ins. in girth of 

 trunk at 5 ft. from ground; height, 47 ft.; Acer platanoides, 

 6 ft. 10^ ins. in girth at 2 ft. 10 ins. ; bole, 5 ft. 



Makinb Station, Millport, 19th August, 1905. — The annual 

 excursion of the Society to the Marine Station took place on this 

 date, under the leadership of Mr. Alex. Patience. 



Proeeedingrs of the Society. 



SESSION 1904-1905. 



27th September, 1904. 



Mr. Peter Ewing, F.L.S., President, in the chair. 



The Chairman read a short paper referring to the death of Dr. 

 William Ferguson, of Kinmundy, which took place on the 1 1th 

 of September. Dr. Ferguson was one of the founders of the 

 Society, regarding whose early days he contributed an interesting 

 paper published in these Transactions (Vol. VII. (N.S.), pp. 9-17). 

 He was an active worker in the early years of the Society's 

 existence, and edited the Proceedings for the first five years. 

 Business affairs and public life, however, caused him to forego 

 his scientific pursuits early in life, to his regret at its close, 

 as he felt that much pleasure had thus been taken out of it. 



Mr. D. A. Boyd reported on an excursion to Largs (p. 290). 



The President (Mr. Ewing) read a paper entitled " An 

 CEcological Problem " (p. 225). 



25th October, 1904. 



Mr. Peter Ewing, F.L.S., President', in the chair. 



This was the Society's Fifty-third Annual Business Meeting, 

 and the usual Reports were submitted. 



Meetings. — There were Eleven Ordinary Meetings and one 

 Special Meeting during the Session. One of the Ordinary 



