BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH V 



Dr. R. S. MacDougall liad two exhibits showing the 

 work of boring beetles — Trypodendron dooyiesticum, Er., 

 on Birch and Argyresthia atnnarlella, Banks, on Larch. 



FEBRUARY 10, 1916. 

 Jas. Whytock, Esq., Vice-President, in the Cluiir. 



Mr. F. KiNGDON Ward communicated a paper dealing 

 with Plant Associations in N.W. Yunnan (see p. 1). 



Mr. KiNGDON Ward communicated a further and more 

 detailed paper on the Sino-Himalayan Flora (see p. 18). 



Dr. W. G. Smith gave an account of observations on 

 Calluna vulgaris, Salisb. There were included observa- 

 tions on the development of new shoots, on the ett'ects of 

 grazing, on seed-dispersal, and on the various methods 

 of burning heather. 



Mr. J. C. Adam read a paper giving new records of 

 Mosses for Peebles-shire and West Lothian. 



Dr. R. S. MacDougall exhibited specimens of trunk 

 of Ash with the brood-galleries of Hyleslnus crenatiis, 

 Fabr. 



Dr. R. S. MacDougall also had an exhibit of Narcissus 

 bulbs with larvas of Merodon equestris. 



Mr. W. W. Smith showed specimens of Parasyringa, 

 a new genus of the Oleaceae, from the Chinese province of 

 Yunnan (see p. 93). 



APRIL 13, 1916. 

 Jas. Whytock, Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Miss Beatrice Campbell M'Phersox was elected a 

 Resident Fellow. 



Mr. Charles Nicholson was elected a non-Resident 

 Fellow. 



