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Mr. William Evans communicated a paper giving some 

 Moss Records for Selkirk, Peebles, and the Lothians 

 (see p. 138). 



Mr. William Evans submitted, on behalf of Mr. J. C. 

 Adam, a list of the Mosses of West Lothian (see p. 123). 



Mr. Charles Nicholson sent for exhibition a Longicorn 

 Beetle, Callidhiin violaceuvi. 



Mr. Symington Grieve exhibited a curious miniature 

 Chinese coffin used by the Buddhists for the burial of 

 small mammals and birds. 



Mr. Kenneth Hamilton sent for exhibition a specimen 

 of a new orchid, Bulhopltylluiii Imogeniae, from Nigeria 

 (see p. 228). 



APRIL 12, 1917. 



Symington Grieve, Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Professor Bayley Balfour communicated a paper on 

 the Statistics of the Chinese Rhododendron Flora. (To be 

 published in a future issue.) 



Professor Bayley Balfour also communicated a paper 

 on the Development of Rhododendron Seedlings (see p. 221). 



Two other papers b}^ Professor Bayley Balfour were 

 before the meeting, one on Rhododendron japonicuvi, and 

 one giving diagnosis of new species of Rhododendron, chiefly 

 Western Chinese. (To be publislied in a future issue.) 



Mr. William Evans forwarded a paper on Insect Visitors 

 to Corallorhiza innata, Br., and some other Orchids in the 

 Forth District (see p. 136). 



A restricted session of four meetings only was held 

 during 1915-1916. 



