CONTENTS 



Secretary's Annual Report ... ... 2 



Treasurer's Annual Report ... ... ... ... 4 



Observations on the Temperature of the Dee. \V. Andson ... 6 



Martyr Graves of Dumfriesshire. J. H. Thomson .. ... ... 8 



Notes on Dumfriesshire Flora. G.F.Scott-Elliot 13 



Pre-Historic Colony at An woth. F R.Coles 17 



Botanical Notes from Wigtownshire, &c. J. M'Anilrew ... ... 25 



List of Lichens Gathered in Dumfriesshire, i%:c. J. M'Andrew ... 28 



Folk Lore of Glencairn. J. Corrie ... ... ...37,75 



Flora of the Moffat District. J. T. Johnstone ... ... ... 45 



Meteorology of Dumfries for 1890. W. Andson ... ... ... 51 



Remnants of an Ancient Language. P. Dudgeon ... 54 



Report on Mr Cari-uthers' Donation. G. F. Scott-Elliot 59 



References to Dumfriesshire Flora in Shakespeare, &c. J. Shaw... 59 



Further Original Letters of the Burns Period. J.R.Wilson ... 64 



Notes on the Flora of Dumfriesshire. A.Bennett ... 84 



Military Preparations in Dumfriesshire during the last War with 



France. R. W. Weir 86 



Lower Carboniferous System in Dumfriesshire. J. Dairon... ... 103 



Genus Rosa in Nithsdale. J. Fingland ... ... ... .. 106 



Annan in the Eighteenth Century. F.Miller ... ... ... 108 



British Plants in Southern California. A. Davidson ... ... 112 



Connection between Saxon-English and Latin. E. J. Chinnock ... 115 



Holywood Abbey. G. F. Black 126 



Meteorological Notes on the past Winter. P. Dudgeon ... ... 129 



Dumfries Academy in 1801-3. E. J. Chinnock 133 



Field Meetings 139 



Report on Herbarium. G. F. Scott-Elliot ... .. ... ... 142 



List of Honorary and Life Members ... ... ... ... ... 144 



List of Books in the Dinwiddle Library. J.Lennox ... ... 145 



Rules 150 



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