XVI PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



JAXUARY 20, 1921. 

 \V. G. Smith, B.Sc, Ph.D., President, in the Chair. 



The President intimated the death, on the previous 

 da_y, of Dr David Yellowlees, a non-Resident Fellow. 



Mr. A. Guthrie Smith read a paper on The Immigration 

 of Weeds from the Coast in New Zealand, in which he 

 gave some results of his observations since 1882 on tlie 

 alien weed flora of his farm and surrounding countrj^ near 

 Hawke Bay, each stage of the development of the land 

 being marked b}^ its particular species, and he described 

 some of the many methods by which the alien weeds were 

 introduced and spread over the country. 



Mr. William Evans read a paper on Some Moss Records 

 from St. Kilda (see p. 67). 



Dr. Malcolm Wilson exhibited specimens of Spruce 

 Canker caused by Dasycypha calyciformis, Willd., the tirst 

 time recorded for Britain. 



The following plants in flower were shown from the 

 Royal Botanic Garden : — BnlbopJiylluvi eomosum, Hemsl. ; 

 EpidcndruiH polylndhon, Sw. ; Mafidevcdlia Schlimii, 

 Linden; Maxdlaria lepidofa, Lindl. ; Maxilbi rid Moore- 

 ana, Rolfe: Plcione yuntuinens'iH, Rolfe. 



FEBRUARY 17, 1921. 

 Jamks Kkaskr, Es(|., Vice-President, in tlie Chair. 



Mr. W. \V. Smith and Mr. W. E. Evans communicated 

 a description of a new genus of Sterculiaceae, named 

 Craiyia, in honour of Dr. Wm. Craig, a past President 

 of the Society (see p. 09). Specimens of the type species 

 Craig in ywnianensis were also shown. 



Dr. R. S. MacDougall read a paper on Furniture Beetles, 

 their life-history and how to fight them, in which he gave 

 an interesting account of Anohium doinesticum and other 

 species which attack and destroy furniture, and showed 

 many specimens of the damage done by them, including 

 some of the damaged wood from Westminster Hall. He 

 also discussed the various methods of killing the beetles 

 and of preserving wood against their attacks. 



