PRESS NOTICES OF VOL. III., PARTS IV., V. 



" The 4th and 5th Parts of the ' Transactions ' of the Society are now before 

 us, and we are pleased to find that the Annual Report is satisfactory. The 

 papers included in these Parts are so many testimonies to the skill of their 

 (mostly) well-known writers. Among the most interesting and botanical 

 subjects treated of are — " Notes on Japan," by Dr Watson ; " Mr G. Don's 

 Specimen of Holy Grass," by A. B. Steele ; " Poisonous Plants," by 

 M. King ; and " Popular Delusions in Natural History," by Dr Traquair. 

 There is an "In Memoriam" notice of the late Dr Robert Brown, by 

 A. E. Davies, Ph.D., illustrated with a good and pleasing portrait. Dr 

 Brown was, it may be remembered, the first President of this Society, and 

 died in October 1895." — The Gardeners' Chronicle, December 5, 1896. 



" In the ' Transactions of the Edinburgh Field Naturalists' and Micro- 

 scopical Society' for 1894-96 we notice papers on Daubenton's Bat (Fesper- 

 tilio Daubentoni), as observed and captured in Glen Dochart, Perthshire ; 

 the Geology of Arran ; Trout, and their influence in purifying water ; the 

 Little Auk ; Poisonous Plants ; the Habits of Gulls ; Popular Delusions 

 in Natural History ; and Researches on Snake Poison, with special refer- 

 ence to the work of Dr Cunningham of Calcutta." — Nature, December 17, 

 1896. 



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