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an iron buckle, elongating and swelling considerably both 
above and below. 
Dr. A. W. BortHwick spoke on the effect of frost on 
certain trees, especially on Menzies’ Spruce, Douglas Fir, and 
Abies nobilis, branches of which were passed round to show 
the damage caused. 
The following plants in flower from the Royal Botanic 
Garden were exhibited by Mr. R. L. Harrow :-—Agapetes 
buxifolia, Clerodendron infortunatum, Corylopsis pauci- 
flora, Coelogyne pulchella, Dendrobiwm nobile virgunale, 
D. nobile nobilius, D. speciosum Bancroftianwmn, Galanthus 
nivalis, var. flavescens, Hakea ulicina, Iris reticulata, var. 
histrioides, Pentapterygium serpyllifolium, Primula mala- 
coides, Scilla cernua, Tetratheca pilosa. 
APRIL 8, 1909. 
T. Bennet Cuiark, Esq., C.A., President, in the Chair. 
The following candidate was elected a Resident Fellow :— 
Mr. Ropert Craig Cowan. 
The PRESIDENT intimated the following losses by death:— 
1. Mr. James BucHaNnan of Oswald House, Edinburgh, 
elected a Resident Fellow in 1878. 
2. Dr. S. H. RamspotHam of Harrogate, who had been a 
Non-Resident Fellow since 1858. 
3. Dr. F. W. C. AnEscHouG, Emeritus Professor of Botany, 
University of Lund, elected a Corresponding Member 
in 1878. 
The foliowing communications were read :— 
1. TweEEDSIDE ALIEN PLaNnts (with Exhibition of 
Specimens). By Miss 1. M. Haywarp. (See p. 38.) 
2. NaTURAL Woops AND PLANTATIONS OF COLONSAY. By 
Mr. M. M‘NEILL. Communicated by the SECRETARY. 
