May 1896.1 BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. 551 



MEETING OF THE SOCIETY, 



Thursday, May 14, 1896. 



Dr. AiTKEN, President in the Chair. 



Mr, E. Stewart MacDougall exhibited specimens of 

 larch damaged by squirrels. 



Mr. Tagg exhibited from the Museum of the Eoyal 

 Botanic Garden a turnip showing proliferation of the 

 tuber. 



The following plants in llower from the Eoyal Botanic- 

 Garden were exhibited : — Cj/j^ripcducm montanum, C. 

 puhescens, C. nivcum, C. hellatuluvi, Platanthera montana, 

 Bestre'pia elegans, Angrmcum falcatum, Lisa sagittalis, 

 Crassula Saxifraga, Serissa fcetida, Cyrtanthus HiUtoni, 

 Crossandra undtdccfolia, Masdevcdlia rosea, M. xanfhina. 



The following papers were read : — 



Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. 



Issued November 189(5. 



