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consultation by any member of the Society. After consulting' 

 with Miss Hanuay I have thought the best plan will be to keep it 

 in her house, 1 Victoria Terrace, as a fire cannot be kept in the 

 Society's Rooms during winter. Miss Hannay has, however, 

 kindly saved us all risk in this respect, and members of the Society 

 are cordially invited to inspect it. 



The Hieracia and certain other doubtful forms will be sent to 

 the Rev. E. F. Linton, of Bournemouth, who has very kindly 

 offered to name all for us and return them. His knowledge of 

 British plants is extremely correct and of great width. 



We have received plants from a large number of members of 

 the Society and others, and some have been exti-emely valuable 

 consignments indeed. It would be invidious to particularise, so 1 

 simply append a list of our benefactors : Miss Aitken, Miss Babing- 

 ton, Mrs Gilchrist Clark, Miss Copland, Mr J. Corrie, Mrs Grierson, 

 Miss Hamilton, Mr J. T. Johnstone, Revs. E. F. and W. R. Linton, 

 Miss Milligan, Mr J. Rae, Miss Reid, Mr R. Rimmer, Mr J. Shaw, 

 Miss Ethel Taylor (2 sendings). Miss Teunant, Mrs Thomson, Mrs 

 Carthew-Yorstoun. The rest have been collected by the Misses 

 Hannay and myself. 



A special notice, however, is required of Mrs Grierson's muni- 

 ficent bequest of the herbarium of the late Dr Grierson to the 

 Society. This herbarium is so complete and so accurately named, 

 carefully mounted and prepared, that it is a most valuable bequest, 

 and will, I hope, lead to a great botanical levival in Dumfries. It 

 is also, however, a responsibility to the Society, and should, I hope, 

 be much used next summer. 



I hope next summer to begin exchanging duplicates both with 

 members and other societies. This summer I have forwarded some 

 to the Kirkcudbright Museum, which have been acknowledged by 

 Mr Watson, curator. Next year I hope to do this on a more 

 extended scale. 



8th September, 1890. 



