358 Miscellaneoufi Contributions. 



June 14, 1888. 



A paper was read by Mr P. Sewell on " Similar Modifications in 

 the Characters of different Plants." 



July 12, 1888. 



It was resolved to empower the Council to petition against the 

 New Universities (Scotland) Bill, now before the House of Com- 

 mons, in so far as it enacted the transference of the Royal Botanic 

 Garden from the Treasury to the Edinburgh University. 



Mr John Wilson, B.Sc, read a paper on " The Leaf Glands of 

 Plumbaginece." 



^Ir R. Turnbull read a preliminary note on " The Distribution 

 and Structure of Water Stomata in Cotyledonary leaves." 



