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CONTENTS. 
REPORTS ON Excurstons—Continued— 
Garelochhead, 
Botanic Gardens, 
Largs, - - - 
Cartland Crags, Toate - - - - - - - 
PROCEEDINGS— 
Report of the Council on the Business of Session 1895-96, 
Gift of Professor King’s Collection of Scientific Books, - 
Angraecum sesquipedale, Thow. By J. B. Mirrlees and G. F, 
Scott Elliot, M.A., B.Se., F.L.S., F.R.G.S8.,  - - : 
The Trap-door Spider (Cteniza SEIOERT ate By Rev. 
G. A. Frank Knight, M.A., - - - - - - 
Ayrshire Coleoptera. By ander son Fergusson, - - - 
Baillon’s Crake (Porzana bailloni, Vieill.) in Renfrewshire. 
By John Paterson, - - - - - - - 
Stirlingshire Sphagnacee. By Colonel J. S. Stirling and 
Robert Kidston, F.R.S.E., F.G.8.,  - - = = - 
Rare Renfrewshire Flowering Plants. By Robert 8. Houston, 
Lecture on ‘‘ The Greater Depths of the Ocean.” By Dr. John 
Murray, Ph.D., F.R.S., &c., Director of the ‘‘ Challenger” 
Expedition Commission, - - - . - 
Garden Slugs at Work. By R. 8. Wishes M. A,, - 
Section of Beech Tree with Initials near the Heat ated, By 
Christopher Sherry, - - - - - - - 
Lemanea fluviatilis, Agardh., a fresh-water ane from Bardrain 
Glen, Renfrewshire. By 8. M. Wellwood, - : - 
Sharks’ Fossil Teeth from Algeria. By John Renwick, - - 
Cynomyia alpina, Ztt., a rare Dipteron from Barr, Ayrshire. 
By Anderson Fergusson, - - : - - - - 
A Bute Heronry which has recently ceased to exist. By 
Robert H. Read, M.B.O.U., Corresponding Member, - 
Skull of a Hare and Lower Jaw of a Boar, illustrating the Law 
of Growth in the Teeth, - - - - - 
On the Altered Status of the Characteristic Plants of a 
Lawers. By Peter Ewing, F.L.S., -  - ae eS : 
Fungi from Cadder Wilderness, the Botanic Gardens, and 
Kelvingrove Park. By William Stewart, - - - : 
Abstract Statement of Accounts—Session 1895-96, - - - 
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