Jan. 1891.] BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 41 



MEETING OF THE SOCIETY, 



Thursday, January 8, 1891. 

 Egbert Lindsay, President, in the Chair. 



Dr Hugh F. C. Cleghorn, who was elected an honorary 

 British Fellow at the last meeting of the Society, expressed 

 his appreciation of the honour he had received from the 

 Society, and intimated his intention to present to the 

 Herbarium at the Eoyal Botanic Garden his collection of 

 dried specimens of plants, and to the Library any botanical 

 books in his possession that are wanting in the Library at 

 the Eoyal Botanic Garden. 



The President, on behalf of the Society, tendered thanks 

 for this generous offer to Dr Cleghorn. 



J. Melvin Lovvson, B.Sc, and W. Maxwell Tress, were 

 elected Eesident Fellows of the Society. 



EiCHARD Brown, C.A., and J. Melvin Lowson, B.Sc, 

 were admitted Eesident Fellows of the Society. 



Presents to the Library, the Museum, and the Herbarium 

 at the Eoyal Botanic Garden were announced. 



The following Papers were read : — 



Note on the Relation of the Density of the jSTutrient 

 Medium to the Macroscopic Form of Bacterial Growth. 

 By Alexander Edington, M.B., CM., Syme Fellow ; 

 Assistant to the Professor of Surgery, Edinburgh University 

 Lecturer on Bacteriology, Edinburgh Medical School, and 

 Lecturer on Comparative Pathology, New Veterinary College 

 Edinburgh. 



(With Woodcuts, 1-5.) 



Great importance has been attached to the question 

 whether, in the case of the lower fungi, and more especially 

 Issued March 1S91. 



