Jovy 1905.] BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 113 
MEETING OF THE SOCIETY, 
Thursday, July 13, 1905. 
Professor I, Baytey Batrour, President, in the Chair. 
It was recommended by the Council that the hours of 
meeting of the Society during next Session should be— 
November, January, March—7°45 p.m. 
December, February, April—4 p.m. 
May, June, July—5d p.m. 
This was put before the meeting, and carried unanimously. 
Mr. Harrow exhibited a series of plants in flower from 
the Garden ; 
Mr. Tac, fruits from Bombay, and Fasciation in Cardwus 
palustris, The PRESIDENT remarked that this state seemed 
to be common this year. 
Dr. BortHwick showed Phytophthora parasitica on Wall- 
flower, and Woolly Aphis on Scots Pine. 
Mr. RurHerForD HI11, referring to his exhibit last month, 
showed the same Daisy, which had reverted to its normal 
type, emphasising the difficulty of retaining malformation. 
The following papers were read :— 
NOTE ON ARENARIA TENUIFOLIA, LINN. AS A SCOTTISH PLANT. 
By W. W. Situ, M.A. 
This plant is recorded from various localities in the south- 
east of England, extending as far north as Yorkshire. 
Sowerby mentions that it has been reported from the coast 
of the Firth of Forth, but considers this record either a 
mistake or the plant a casual introduction with ballast, 
The record is due to George Don, 1806, and the locality 
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