176 Kenmure Castle. 



2nd December, 1010. 



Chairman — Mr S. Arnott, V.P. 



Notes on Buller's Experiments on the Ejection of the 

 Spores of Hymenomycetes. By Mr R. B. Johnstone, 

 Hon. Secretary, Andersonian Naturalists' Society, Glasgow. 



A series of experiments and observations were described in 

 some detail, the conclusion arrived at being that, when mature 

 the spore does not simply fall off the sterigma, but is violently 

 shot out into the .space between the gills, tubes, etc.. and then 

 describing a short curve falls vertically till it is free from the 

 body, when it is carried away by the wind or air currents. It was 

 shewn that the structure and position of the sporophore, its rigid 

 stem, and firm cap, always when mature, being so placed that the 

 gills, tubes, etc., are at right angles to the ground, are adaptations 

 to ensure free egress to the spores from the interlamellar spaces. 



Photographs, drawings, and lantern slides were used to 

 illustrate the various points. 



16th December, 1910. 



Chairman — Police-Judge James S. Thomson. 

 Kenmure Castle. By Mr James Affleck, Castle-Douglas. 



The history of Kenmure Castle takes us away back to the 

 dark and troublous times of the ancient Lords of Galloway. 

 Some of our authorities assert that the castle was first built by 

 the illustrious Dervorguil, or lier son John Baliol. I differ with 

 them in this respect. From an exhaustive research, and close 

 study of the history of these ancient lords, I am led to believe 

 that it was built l)y Roland, Lord of Galloway, somewhere about 

 the years 1185-86. The reason for such a belief is that after 

 Roland had wrested Galloway from his brother Gilbert, and 

 established himself as supreme Lord of Galloway, history records 

 that " he at once took the necessary steps to secure himself in 



