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Note on the Fertilisation of Asjndistra elatior by Slugs. By John 

 Wilson, D.Sc, University of St Andrews 495 



Note on a Sweet Substance called Manna, from a species of Astragalus 

 growing in Persia, and on the Manna of Alhagi maiirorum. By 

 A. Galletly 498 



Report on Temperatures and Open-Air Vegetation at the Royal 

 Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, from July 1888 to June 1889. By 

 Robert Lindsay, Curator of the Garden 499 



Obituary Notice of Professor Alexander Dickson. By Professor T. R. 



Fraser 508 



Dr Boswell of Balmuto. By Hugh Cleghorn, 



LL.D 516 



„ Rev. Churchill Babington, D.D., and John Percy, 



M.D., F.R.S. By Andrew Taylor 519 



,, „ James Smith Crichton, M.D., Arbroath. By 



George Bell.. 522 



„ JohnAllau. By Dr Macfarlane 524 



Miscellaneous Contributions and Exhibitions 525 



Office-Bearers and New Fellows 528 



Additions to Library, Herbarium, and ]kluseum 530 



List of Members 543 



Index 550 



NKXLL AND COMPANY, PUINTERS, EDINBUBGU. 



