XXXIV TRANSACTIONS AND l'K0CEKDINC4S OF THE 



The following papers were read : — 



I. Au Obituary Notice of the liev. George Gunn, 

 M.A., late of Stichill. By tlie President. 



II. Notes on a Tour in the Dovrefjeld, Norway. By 

 John Montgomery Bell, W.S. 



The last paper was illustrated by a large herbarium of 

 plants collected by the Author in Norway. 



Meeting of the Society, March 8, 1900. 

 Rev. Dr. David Paul, M.A., President, in the Chair. 



Alexander Cowan, Esq., of Woodslee, Penicuik, was 

 elected a Ptesident Fellow of the Society. 



Mr. Eutherford Hill exhibited specimens of Caffeine, 

 and some of its salts, together with the Teas from which it 

 is extracted. 



Dr. E. Stewart MacDouciall exhibited — 



I. A stem of a Po[)lar attacked by Cossiis ligniperdo!, 

 and sliowing the Cossus galleries occupied by 

 rhizomorphs of Ajjdr'ums mdleus. 



II. Specimens of the Galls of Jlctinia rcsindla. 



Mr. Alexander Soimerville exhibited a mounted speci- 

 men of the Goat Moth. 



The following paper was read : — 



Contributions to the Flora of Spit/bergen, especially 

 of Ked Fiord, from the (Collections of W. S. 

 Bruce, F.P.S.G.S. By Pobert 1\irnbull, M.A., 

 B.Sc. 



The paper was illustrated l)y dried specimens of the 

 plants described, and by lantern sHdes of the vegetation, 

 prepared l)y W. S. P>ruce, F. PS.G.S. 



