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of ascertaining whether the place discovered by Dr. Paul 

 is the same as the station or stations recorded by Mr. 

 Stables, Mr. Mackenzie, and Dr. Martin Barry. 



Of the four British stations recorded for this plant, 

 two, Ben jSTevis and Beinn a' Bhuird, are unknown to 

 any botanist ; the other two stations are known — Glen 

 Spean, discovered by the Club in 1886, and Ben Avon, 

 rediscovered by members of the Club in July 1899. 



Obituary Xotice of Eev, George Gunn, M.A., 

 Minister of Stichill and Hume. By Eev. David Paul, 

 M.A., LL.D. 



(Read 8th February 1900.) 



On the 12th of January last the Eev. George Gunn, 

 ]\I.A., died in the house of his brother, Dr. Clement 

 Gunn, at Peebles. He had been a member of the 

 Botanical Society for seven years, and latterly acted 

 as its Local Secretary in the Kelso district. For some 

 months before his death his health had not been good ; 

 an obscure form of disorder had laid hold of him, but 

 none of his friends supposed that it was very serious, 

 much less that it would prove fatal. As late as the 

 end of October he was able to do all his parish work, 

 and to follow his usual pursuits without much apparent 

 diminution of energy, so that none but those who were 

 most intimate with him were prepared for the announce- 

 ment that he had passed away. The tidings affected 

 all who knew him, with a sense of keen personal loss; 

 and there are many in this Society who mourn for him 

 as a bright, intelligent, warm-hearted, and constant friend. 



Mr. Gunn was born in Edinburgh in 1861, his father 

 being sub-editor of the " Edinburgh Couraut." He was 

 educated at the High School and University here, and 

 was licensed in 1876 as a probationer of the Church 

 of Scotland. He served for a time as assistant to Dr. 

 Norman Macleod, of St. Stephen's Church, in Edinburgh, 

 and early in 18 78 he was elected minister of Stichill, 



