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new exotic species into our parks and gardens. Acer 

 Hoolicrkma from the Himalayas, Pruinis Pissardii and 

 Populus Bollcana from Taslikend, have become popuhir 

 mostly through his influence. He also introduced new 

 species of primulas and phlox hybrids. Mr Welsh made 

 long herborisings as a boy ; and in business years found 

 opportunity to carry his botanical box with him in his 

 journeyings; in one instance, at least, doing good service 

 to arboriculture, for he thus brought forward the golden 

 leaved weeping ash, then new to Scotland. Mr Welsh 

 joined the firm of Dicksons & Co. in 1862, on the death 

 of Mr Scott, and had been, till his retirement to his 

 native hills, in hopes of recovering health, an active 

 citizen of Edinburgh. 



Mr James F. Eobinson of Frodsham, Cheshire, one of our 

 Associates, died in November 1884. He was a distinguished 

 topographical botanist, as well as a correspondent of 

 Edward Forbes and H, 0. Watson. He contributed 

 more than one paper to our Transactions, on the peculiar 

 flora of the Cheshire meres, besides enriching the 

 University Herbarium with interesting specimens. 



On Calamagrostis strigosa {Hartman) as a British Plant, 

 and tioo Carex Forms new to Scotland, &c. By A. 

 Bennett, F.L.S., Croydon. 



(Read 14th January 1886.) 



In 1883, when reading Dr Smiles' Life of Robert Dick of 

 Thurso,^ it occurred to me that the Calamagrostis Dick 

 recorded from Loch Duran as "(7. lajjpojiica, the Lapland 

 reed," could hardly be that species; and I wrote to Mr 

 James Grant of Wick, calling his attention to the record, 

 and urging him to visit the locality. His reply was dis- 

 appointing ; he wrote — " The loch is now drained, and I 

 fear the plant is now lost." Afterwards he looked at Dick's 

 specimens at Thurso, and supposed them to be C. stricta. 

 Doubtless, Dick applied the name lappojiica in the sense 

 Sir W. J. Hooker had done in giving that name to the Irish 

 variety of C. stricta (the var. Hoolccri of Syme's English 



