vl PROCEEDINGS OF THE 
On the motion of the PRESIDENT, a cordial vote of thanks 
was tendered to the TREASURER, and to the AupiTor, Mr. 
Rosert C. Mruxar, C.A., for their services to the Society. 
The following candidate was elected a Resident Fellow :— 
Mr. G. H. OGILVIE. 
The following candidate was elected a Non-Resident 
Fellow :— 
Mr. F. R. S. BALFour. 
The following communications were read :— 
1. NoTE ON ABNORMAL POSITION OF ARCHEGONIUM IN 
PINUS SYLVESTRIS. With Lantern Slides. By Miss M. 
BARTHOLOMEW. Communicated by Professor BAYLEY 
Batrour, F.R.S. (See “ Notes Roy. Bot. Gard., Edin.,” iv. 
p- 253.) 
2. NOTE ON SPOROCARP OF SALVINIA CONTAINING BOTH 
Micro- AND MEGASPORANGIA. By A. J. Gray, M.A., B.Sc. 
Communicated by Professor BAayLEy Ba.trour, F.RS. 
(See “ Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edin.,” iv. p. 251.) 
3. EXCURSION OF THE SCOTTISH ALPINE BOTANICAL CLUB 
TO CRIANLARICH, 1908. By Mr. ALEXANDER Cowan. (See 
p- 12.) 
4. EXTRA-TROPICAL TREES IN ARRAN. By Rey. Davip 
LanpsBorouGH, LL.D. 
The Rev. David Landsborough, LL.D., in a note supple- 
menting a previous communication! to the Society, gave 
the following measurements of certain extra-tropical trees 
of Arran:—Choisya ternata, height 5 feet; spread 6 feet. 
Acacia decurrens, a standard, height 19 feet 1 inch; 
spread 8 feet 1 inch: girth 7 inches at 5 feet. Eucalyptus 
cordata, planted (1895) when little, and now, June of 1909, 
its measurement is: height 44 feet 1 inch; spread 14 feet 
5 inches; girth 1 foot 8 inches at 5 feet. Lomatia ferru- 
ginea, standard, height 14 feet 3 inches; spread 7 feet. 
Cordyline australis, var. Veitchii, height 32 feet; girth 2 
feet 11 inches at 5 feet. The tree-fern, planted in 1867, is 
1 See “ Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin.,” xxiii. p. 136. 
