168 Miscellaneous Contributions, Session 1883-84. 



Exhibition of an abnormal form of Dryas odojjetala, gathered by 

 Ben. Peach, H.M.G.S., in Sutherlandshire. 



Notice by Dr Cleghorn of Sorghum vulgar e, raised at Monte viot, 

 Jedburgh, by the Marquis of Lothian, from a seed found in a fleece 

 brought from Africa. 



Mag 8. 



" On a variation of Asplenium germanicum," by Mr W. B. Boyd. 

 He noticed several stations where this and A. septentrionale were 

 found together, but it never associated mth A. ruta-muraria. 



Mr Boyd exhibited a fine specimen of Pinguimla alpina in 

 flower, also cut flowers of Primula Sieboldi, and varieties of several 

 species of Narcissus from his garden at Faldonside, Melrose. 



Mr Milne, Kevock Tower, Lasswade, sent species of Laurustinus 

 in fine fruit. 



June 12. 



Mr R. Lindsay exhibited a spray of Elseocarpus cyaneus, from 

 a plant now 30 feet high, covered with flowers in one of the hot- 

 houses of the Botanic Garden. 



Isaac Anderson-Henry, Esq., sent pots from Hay Lodge, Trinity, 

 containing the following Indian and New Zealand plants in bloom : 

 - — Morina, new species; Myosotis antardica from New Zealand, new; 

 Cathcartia villosa; Pinelea, from 4000 feet, in New Zealand; Pratia, 

 sp., New Zealand. 



July 10. 



Mr Taylor exhibited a sample bag of cofl'ee grown on Mount 

 Zomba, East Africa, by Mr John Buchanan. An expert pro- 

 nounces it very good, resembling mountain Jamaica coffee. It re- 

 presented a crop of ten acres. Three years ago a single plant was 

 sent from the Edinburgh Royal Botanic Garden to the Blantyre 

 Mission Station, and now there were upwards of 23,000 plants in 

 that district. Vines also, similarly transmitted, were growing well, 

 though as yet the tea plant had not gi\^en so favourable results. 



Dr Sanderson, treasurer of the Scottish Meteorological Society, 

 sent, through Mr Buchan, a fine specimen of Saxifraga stellaris, 

 transmitted by Mr Miller, second assistant at the Ben Nevis Obser- 

 vatory, who had picked it, along with a large full-grown moth, at 

 the top of the Ben on the 6th July. 



Mr Boyd showed ripe fruits of Ruhus antarcticus, of the form 

 which never fails to produce fruit in abundance, from his garden at 

 Faldonside, Melrose. 



