Feb. 1891.] BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 53 



MEETING OF THE SOCIETY, 



Thursday, February 12, 1891. 



Egbert Lindsay, President, in the Chair. 



Alexander Eddington, M.B., and J. Pentland Smith, 

 M.A., B.Sc., were elected Eesident Fellows of the Society. 



Thomas Jamieson was elected uon-Eesident Fellow of the 

 Society. 



Charles Taylor was elected Associate of the Society. 



Presents to the Library, Museum, and Herbarium, at the 

 Eoyal Botanic Garden, were announced. 



The Curator exhibited specimens of GalantJms Fosteri, 

 Iris stylosa, and Hmnamclis japonica, all in flower, from the 

 Eoyal Botanic Garden. 



Professor Bayley Balfour exhibited a specimen of Prince 

 wood (Cordia ?) bored by beetles, presented to the Museum 

 of the Eoyal Botanic Garden by Dr Underwood, Foo-choo. 

 He also showed a section of a stem of copper beech, with the 

 characteristic reddish pink coloration of the outer layers 

 of the alburnum, which is due to a red sap filling especially 

 the cells of the uniseriate medullary rays. 



Mr James Grieve exhibited specimens of Calluna vulgaris, 

 which bears both purple and white flowers on the same 

 plant ; and also a golden variety of the same species. 



Mr FoRGAN stated that, at the request of Professor Balfour 

 he had made a microscopic front for the oxyhydrogen 

 lantern which the Professor was to use that evening. 

 Issued March 1891. 



