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popular and pleasant public resorts near Arbroath. His 

 townsmen have testified their admiration of his character by 

 erecting a public monument to his memory. 



John Allan. By Dr Macfarlane. 



John Allan, of Tanhill and Middlehouse, was born at Car- 

 luke on 12th July 1845, and died at Easter Middleton on 

 2nd December 1888. 



From childhood he evinced a great taste for natural 

 science, and though in later years he chose law as his pro- 

 fession, his early proclivities became more and more pro- 

 nounced. 



He joined our Society on 11th December 1884, and on 

 two occasions he was a member of the Botanical Camp, first 

 at Applecross in 1886, and again at Glenure in 1887. He 

 contributed the report of the former to our Transactions, and 

 during that excursion he interested himself greatly in the 

 algte of that rich locality, so that his list, forming part of 

 the report, will help future workers. 



Note respecting jKcper on certain Woods, p. 381. 



The result of the examination of some British-grown 

 woods, made since this paper was written, has shown that 

 in their case only a portion of the alcohunc extract is resinous. 

 Some of these extracts, mentioned in a general way as re- 

 sinous in this paper, may not be wholly so. The matter will 

 be referred to more fully in a future communication. 



