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Gift of Professor King’s Collection of Scientific Books, — - - 132 
Angrecum sesquipedale, Thow. By J. B. Mirrlees and G, F. 
Scott Elliot, M.A., B.Sc., F.L.S., F.R.G.S., — - - - 134 
The Trap-door Spider (Cienzza camentaria, Latr.). By Rev. 
G. A. Frank Knight, M.A., - - - - - = eas 
Ayrshire Coleoptera. By Anderson Fergusson, - - 136 
Baillon’s Crake (Porzana ae Vieill.) in Reneegahine, By 
John Paterson, - - - 137 
Stirlingshire Sphagnacez. ‘By Colonel J. s. Stirling and Bohatt 
Kidston, F.R.S.E., F.G.S., - - - - - a lets} 
Rare Renfrewshire Flowering Plants. By Robert S. Houston, 139 
Lecture on ‘The Greater Depths of the Ocean.” By Dr. John 
Murray, Ph.D., F.R.S., &c., - - - - 140 
Garden Slugs at Work. By R. S. Wishart, M.. EAS . - 148 
Section of Beech Tree with Initials near Hoare wood. By 
C, Sherry, - - - - - - - . - - 145 
Lemanea fluviatilis, Agardh, a fresh-water alga from Bardrain 
Glen, Renfrewshire. By 8. M. Wellwood, - - - =) 146 
Sharks’ Fossil Teeth from Algeria. By John Renwick, - = | 147 
Cynomyia alpina, Ztt., arare Dipteron from vias sony By 
Anderson Fergusson, - - - - - - 148 
A Bute Heronry which has recently ceased to exist. By Robert 
H. Read, M.B.O.U., Corresponding Member, - > - 148 
Skull of a Hare and owes Jaw of a Boar, vorpigers the law 
of growth in the teeth, - - - 149 
On the Altered Status of the Gharanleristic Plants of Ben 
Lawers. By Peter Ewing, F.L.S., - - - - - 149 
Fungi from Cadder Wilderness, the Botanic Gardens, and 
Kelvingrove Park. By William Stewart, - - - - 160 
Abstract Statement of Accounts—Session 1895-96, - - - oI 
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Notes on the Micro-fauna of Ailsa Craig, Firth of Clyde. By 
Thomas Scott, F.L.S., Corresponding Member, - - sealing 
Micro-fungi observed near Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. By D. A. 
Boyd, - - - - - - - - - 159 
Additional Notes on the Pabanseganes and Ustiaenee of North 
Ayrshire. By D.°A. Boyd, - - - - - 16 
Meteorological Notes, and Remarks upon the Ryies ther during 
the Year 1897, with its General Effects upon Vegetation, 
By James Whitton, Superintendent of Parks, Glasgow, - 163 
Note on China Grass. By G. F. Scott Elliot, M.A., B.Sc., 
E.L.S., F.R.G.S., : - - - 2a - 179 
Observations on some Morpualagiael Abnormalities in the 
Tomato. By S. M. Wellwood. With a Plate [II.], - - 181 
Occurrence of Sivex gigas, Linn.,,in Bute and Arran. By J. 
Ballantyne, Rothesay, - : : 5 = 3 . ree ii7/ 
