BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH Vll 



Dr. W. G. Smith communicated a paper on Some Oat 

 Hybrids, which dealt with hybrids between the Chinese 

 and Hungarian Oat, and specimens of the various crosses 

 were exhibited. 



Dr. Malcolm Wilson exhibited two new Fungi, Lahri- 

 dium Rhododeiidri and Accidium sino-Rhododendri, on 

 Rhododendron calvescens, Balf. f. et Forrest, collected by 

 Mr. George Forrest in Tibet. 



APRIL 8, 1920. 



James Whytock, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



Dr. B. D. MacCallum was elected a Non-Resident 

 Fellow. 



Dr. A. W. BoRTHWiCK showed a series of lantern slides 

 on Forestry, and read a descriptive lecture as an example 

 of a series which might be formed to aid in Forestry 

 education, and invited criticism on the project. A dis- 

 cussion followed which was generally favourable to the 

 scheme. 



A large collection of Rhododendrons in flower were 

 shown from the Royal Botanic Garden. The species 

 exhibited were : — 



R. Anthopogon, D, Don ; R. arboreuvi, Sm. ; R. argen- 

 teum, Hook. f. ; R. aeruginosum, Hook. f. ; R. Augustinii, 

 Hemsl.; R. Bailey i, Balf. f . ; R. Benthamianum, Hemsl. 

 R. campanulatuTn, D. Don ; R. campylocarpum, Hook. f. 

 R. charianthum, Hutchinson; R. chartophyllum, Franch. 

 R. ciliatum, Hook. f. ; R. cuneatum, W. W. Sm. ; R. David- 

 sonianum, Rehd. et Wils. ; R. decorum, Franch. ; R. fasti- 

 giatum, Franch.; R. fiavidwn, Franch.; R. fulgens, Hook, 

 f . ; R. glaucum, Hook, f.; R. haematochihim, Craib; R. 

 hedyosmum, Balf. f. ; R. Idppophaeoides, Balf. f . et W. W. 

 Sm. ; R. Hodgsoni, Hook. f. ; R. impeditum, Balf. f. et W. 

 W. Sm. ; R. intricatum, Franch. ; R. Keishei, Miq. ; R. 

 Kaempferi, Planch. ; R. ledifoliuin, G. Don ; R. lochmium, 

 Balf. f. ; R. longistylum, Rehd. et Wils. ; R. lutescens, 



