158 BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. [Srss. LXx. 
MEETING OF THE SOCIETY, 
January 11, 1906. 
J. RurHerrorpD Hixt, Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
Mr. JAMES FRASER was elected Resident Fellow. 
Mr. Harry SANDERSON was elected Non-Resident Fellow. 
The following gentlemen, recommended by the Council, 
were elected Associates :— 
Mr. R. L. Harrow, Royal Botanic Garden, and 
Mr. L. Stewart, 28 Rodney Street. 
The gift of a collection of Ceylon Ferns from PERICLES 
JOANNIDES, B.Sc., was intimated. 
Dr. R. Stewart MacDouGatt exhibited a series of speci- 
mens illustrating the life-history of Pinus sylvestris. 
Mr. J. F. JEFFREY gave a short note on Don’s original 
specimen of Silene alpestris. 
Captain NorMAN, R.N., showed branches of Pinus attacked 
by the Pine-Aphis. 
Mr. R. L. Harrow showed a series of Plants in Flower 
from the Royal Botanic Garden. 
Mr. L. Stewart showed Octoblepharum albidum—a 
tropical moss of wide distribution. This was growing in the 
Royal Botanic Garden with plants sent from the West Indies 
and also from Liberia. 
A series of slides illustrating the growth and appearance 
of the chief British Forest Trees was shown on behalf of 
Dr. A. W. BortTHWICK. . 
H. F. Tace, F.L.S., gave a communication with photos on 
the Pioneer Plants of the Voleanic Mud of Tarawera. Grasses 
