BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBUEGII xiii 



Meeting of the Society, February 10, 1898. 



Dr. William Watson, President, in the Chair. 



iliss I{. Orkock was proposed as a Resident Fellow of 

 the Society by Mr. Robert Turnbull, B.Sc, seconded by 

 Dr. William Watson. 



Mr. Dunn, of Dalkeith, exhibited a number of plants 

 in tiower in the open air, as illustrating the mildness of the 

 season. 



A paper on the Changes which take place in the Nucleus 

 of Secreting Cells was read by Miss L. H. Huie. 



Two caterpillars, infested with Cordyccps Militaris, from 

 India, were exhibited by Miss Orkock. 



Meeting of the Society, March 10, 1898. 



Dr. Andrew Semple, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Miss R. Or ROCK, proposed by Mr. Robert Tuenbull, 

 B.Sc, seconded by Dr. Wm. Watson, was balloted for and 

 duly elected a Resident Fellow of the Society. 



A communication on Apodya ladca was read by ]\Ir 

 Robert Turnbull, B.Sc, and was illustrated by means of 

 the lantern. 



A communication on the Colour of Daffodils in relation 

 to the Character of the Soil on which they grow was read 

 by Dr. A. P. Aitken. 



