PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 129 
Proceedings of the Society. 
SESSION 1896-97. 
297TH SEPTEMBER, 1896. 
























Mr. Robert Kidston, F.R.S.E., F.G.S., Vice-President, in the 
chair. 
Before proceeding with the formal business, the Chairman made 
feeling reference to the loss which the Society had sustained, since 
its last meeting, through the death of the President, Professor 
Thomas King. 
Mr. D. A. Boyd read a memorial notice of the late President 
(see page 1), and Mr. David Andrew and others paid a tribute 
of respect to his memory. It was agreed that an expression of 
sympathy should be sent to Professor King’s relatives. 
Mr. Joseph Somerville intimated the death of Mr. Alexander 
Mitchell, who had joined the Society in 1894. 
Mr. E. Arthur, 231 Langside Road; Mr. Andrew Gilchrist, 
Darvel; and Mr. John Rough, 104 Ca Street, were elected 
as Ordinary Members. 
. The Hon. Librarian, Mr. James Mitchell, placed on the table 
two books on horticulture and cattle fodders, presented to the 
_ Society by the author, Mr. Martin J. Sutton, F.L. S. The thanks 
_ of the Society were accorded to Mr. Sutton for his gift. 
Mr. Andrew Gilchrist, Darvel, sent for exhibition Medicago 
sylvestris, Fries, from the Heads of Ayr, where it was stated to 
have been abundant in August. The plant had been identified 
by Mr. Arthur Bennett, F.LS. 
Mr. A. Somerville, B.Sc, F.L.S., exhibited fresh specimens of 
7 Sium erectum, Huds., from Galston Parish, collected by Mr, A. 
Gilchrist, a new Ayrshire record; and S. latifoliwm, Linn., from 
the Botanic Gardens. Mr. Somerville also exhibited specimens of 
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