MxliiUtions, Session 1883-84. 283 



Eucalyptus glohuhis with flower-buds, from a plant in the open air 

 at Dalkeith Gardens. 



Mr Lindsay drew attention to a flower of r/ii/JIoritcfus (inguliijrr, 

 which was sent to the meeting from the gardens at Trinity (irove, 

 and to a plant of Iris iherica, from Mr Munro, Abercorn Nursery, 

 Piershill ; and to various interesting plants in flower from the 

 Botanic Garden, among which were the following : — 



Androsace foliosa. Primula floribunda. 



Allium karataviense. capitata. 



Arisa3ma triphylla. Platystemma violoides. 



Dianthus glacialis. Silene quadridentata. 



hybrid from neglectus. Myosotis alpestris. 



Delphinium brunonianum. Saxifraga odontophylla. 



Polygonum afhne var. Bru- cpesia. 



nonia. squarrosa. 



Primula prolifera. Linaria origanifolia, &c. 



Mr P. Neill Fraser exhibited from his garden at Murrayfield — 

 A large variety of blooms of hybrid creeping Phloxes and flowering 

 bulbs of BeUemlia (Musca)-i) roniana, figured in Curtis' Botanical 

 Magadne, vol. xx. pi. 939, but apparently rare in cultivation in 

 this country now. 



" On the Germination of Ruscus, Myrsiphyllum, and Asparagus." 

 Professor Dickson exhibited seedling plants of Ruscus, Myrsiphyl- 

 lum, and Asparagus, chiefly in illustration of the postscript to his 

 paper on R. androgynus, published in the last Part of the Society's 

 Transactions. Since that date the seedlings of R. raceynosus had 

 each produced (as was anticipated) a well-developed foliage-leaf of 

 somewhat similar character to those produced in R. androgynus. 

 In neither R. aculeatus, nor Myrsiphyllum, nor Asparagus, was 

 there any trace of foliage-leaves. 



Professor Dickson also exhibited seedling plants of the remark- 

 able South African plant, Boivica voluhilis, where in the adult 

 condition the leaves are all reduced to small scales, and the leaf 

 function is performed by the green tendril-like branches. In the 

 seedling condition, however, there are developed true foliage-leaves, 

 elongated, linear, channelled on the upper surface, and semi-cylin- 

 drical on the lower. For detection of this case Professor Dickson 

 said botanists ^veve indebted to Mr George Oliver, one of the 

 foremen in the Royal Botanic Garden. 



Jidy 9. 



INIr S. Grieve intimated that the use of Invermen-an Farm 

 House, at the head of Glen Lyon, had been kindly granted by Mr 

 Bullough, the proprietor, Avith consent of ]\Ir Lindsay the tenant, 

 for the use of the Botanical Camp in the end of Jidy and August. 



Professor Dickson exhibited and described a monstrous Foxglove, 

 from ]\Ir ^Y. B. Simpson, Dundee. 



