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MISCELLANEOUS CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXHIBITIONS. 



SESSI0:N' 1888-89. 



November 8, 1888. 



Professor Balfour intimated valuable donations of plants from 

 the director of Kew Gardens, and from Mr Scott Elliot. He also 

 stated that Mr Jenner of Duddingstou Lodge had presented a 

 complete set of the Botanical Magazine to the Library of the Royal 

 Botanic Garden. 



Professor Balfour described and exhibited a gynantherous con- 

 dition of the Foxglove, obtained by his predecessor, Professor 

 Dickson. 



December 13. 



Dr Cleghorn exhibited and described a set of coloured drawings 

 of Indian plants, made by native artists, and presented to the Society 

 for the Library at the Royal Botanic Garden, by the late Mr Gorrie 

 of Rait Lodge. 



A report on Temperature and Vegetation at Glasgow Botanic 

 Institute was read from Mr Bullen. 



Mr Lindsay exhibited and made some remarks on Veronica 

 Hectori, V. Loganioides, V. phigicifolia, var., and Olearia nummulari- 

 folia. These plants formed part of a collection received lately from 

 New Zealand by Mr M. Dunn, Dalkeith Palace Gardens. They 

 were in a healthy, thriving condition after their long journey, and 

 being of great botanical interest, Mr Dunn had kindly presented 

 them to the Royal Botanic Garden. 



Living plants were also exhibited of Diapensia lapponica, Cassiope 

 hypnoides^ and Tofieldia horealis, collected on theDovrefjeld, Norway, 

 by Mr G. Bird; and a number of interesting Alpine plants, collected 

 by Mr P. Sewell on the desolate " tundra " regions to the extreme 

 north of the Urals, during the expedition of the "Labrador," amongst 

 which were Eiitrlcliium nanum, Diapensia lafponica, Papaver 

 midicaule, Artemisia borealis var., WormsTcioldii, Polemonium 

 coerideum var., Fedicularis sp., <fec. 



Mr Campbell of Ledaig sent blossoms of plants then flow^ering 

 in his garden, 



March 14, 1889. 



Mr Lindsay exhibited, from the Botanic Garden, cut specimens of 

 Brownea coccinea, Grevillea biternaia, Sparmannia africana fl. pi., 

 in flower; also a pot of Galantlius Sharlockii. 



