BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBUllGII XXlll 



Meeting of the Society, March 9, 1899. 

 Dr. William Watson, President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Malcolm Dunn exhibited the following early 

 flowering Plants and Shrubs sent him from the garden 

 of Mr. Maxwell of Munches : — Andi'omeda Jlorihunda : 

 Alnus incana aurea ; Buxics ai'horea ; Corylus avellana, and 

 its varieties aurea, atropurpurea, and variegata ; Gnji'tto- 

 meria Japonica ; Cornus mascula ; Hammamelis Japonica ; 

 Jasminum nudiflorum ; Laurustinus vibtirmim ; Mahonia 

 aquifolia ; Pyrus Maidei ; Pyrus Japonica, three varieties ; 

 Skimmia Japonica : >S'. fragrans ; Taxus haccata ; Nidtalia 

 ceraformis. 



He also exhibited the following Plants from the garden 

 of Dalkeith Palace: — Amygdalis Davidianus, alha and rosea: 

 Andromeda jlorihunda ; A. Japonica ; Arbutus Andrachne ; 

 A. Unedo; Azara microphylld; Berheris Darwinii: B. Mahonia; 

 Buxus sempcrvirens] Chimonanthus fragrans; Choisya ter- 

 nata; Goryllus avellana; Cornus mas; G. florida; Gryptomcria 

 Lohbii; Giipressus macrocarpa, cones; G. Sinensis; Gydonia 

 Japonica, four varieties ; Daphne Laureola ; D. hyhrida ; 



D. Mezereum, four varieties; Erica herlacea, four varieties; 



E. Mediterranea : Eleagnus glabra variegata; Edgcworthia 

 papyrifera; Er cilia spicata; Exchorda grandifiora; Go^rrya 

 elliptica, male and female ; Hammamelis arborea ; H. 

 Japonica ; Juniperus Gommiinis ; J. Sinensis, var, aurea ; 

 Jasminum nudijlorum ; Zccurits nobilis ; Ligustrum ovali- 

 folium aurcum ; Mahonia aquifolia ; Viscum album, with 

 berries ; Phillyrea. latifolia ; Pernettia mucronata ; Ehodo- 

 dendron Nobleanum ; R. precox ; Salix caprea pendida ; 

 S. viminalis ; Skimmia Japonica ; S. Formani, male and 

 female, also with berries ; Vibuimum rugosum ; V. tinus ; 

 Vinca minor, three varieties ; Taxus haccata ; Hypatica 

 ctnrjnlosa ; Sisyrinchium grandiflorum ; Single and Double 

 Snowdrops ; Crocus, vars. ; Apricot, scarcely opened ; also 

 Peach and Pear in the same condition. 



Mr. Symington Grieve read a communication by 

 Mr. Symeks M. Macvicar, entitled Notes on the Flora 

 of West Inverness. 



