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PROCEEDINGS, MISCELLANEOUS CONTRIBUTIONS, 

 AND EXHIBITIONS. 



SESSION 1887-88. 



November 10, 1887. 



Replies received by the President were read in acknowledi?- 

 nient of the Address presented to Her Majesty on the occasion of 

 Her Jubilee, which Her Majesty had graciously accepted. 



Mr G. F. Scott Elliot contributed " Notes on the Flora of the 

 Canary Islands," with illustrative specimens. 



Specimens of Liquorice and a mixed inflorescence of Maize, 

 grown in his garden, were sent for exhibition by Dr Paterson, 

 Bridge of Allan. 



Mr M'Andrew, New Galloway, contributed notes and specimens 

 of new or rare plants found in his neighbourhood. 



Valuable donations to the Herbarium, of Canary Island plants, 

 collected and presented by Mr Scott Elliot and Mr Neill Fraser, 

 were exhibited. 



Specimens of interesting plants in blossom during November 

 were sent from Mr John Campbell, Ledaig, and Dr Macfarlane 

 explained how favourably their Associate was situated for the culti- 

 vation of plants, and mentioned some of the more striking features 

 of his garden, observed during a recent summer visit. 



Mr Taylor exhibited a growth, considered by Mr Scott Elliot to 

 be Sjmmaria alba in an immature state. It was found by Mr W. 

 S. Gresley, M.E., oozing out as a white viscid liquid from a seam 

 of cannel coal about 400 feet from the surface, near Ashby-de-la- 

 Zouch. 



December 8, 1887. 



A communication was made by Mr P. Sewell " On Flower 

 Colour," which appears in an expanded form on p. 276 et seq. 



Mr P. Geddes brought forward the question as to the " Origin 

 of Spines and Prickles." Mr Geddes considered that spines and 

 thorns were expressions of insufficient vegetation, however pro- 

 duced, and though at times evidently of advantage, and subject to 

 selection, he held that a great deal too much stress had been laid 

 on the importance of selection in regard to them. On the other 

 hand, he looked upon prickles as the product of an overplus of 

 vegetative growth. 



Mr E. M. Holmes sent for exhibition fruits of species of Eucalyp- 

 tus, Cueumis, and Martynia, kindly sent to him by Mr T. Hanbury 

 of Palazzo Orengo, Italy, in whose garden they were ripened. 



