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Dr. Malcolm Wilson exhibited specimens of Pinus 

 ausfriaca and F. montaiia attacked by Bruncliorstia 

 diatruens, which had been obtained near Peebles. This 

 is the first time this fungus has been recorded in Britain. 



Living plants ot" the following species of Mesemhry- 

 antliemum were shown from the Royal Botanic Garden : — 

 M. hilohum, Marloth; M. Bolusii, Hook, f . ; 31. Elislicw, 

 N. E. Br.; M. Lesliei, N. E. Br.; M. NeviUei, N. E.Br.; 

 M. ohcordellum, Haw. ; M. Pearsoni, N. E. Br. ; M. p'lctum, 

 N. E. Br.; M. pseudotruncatelhun, A. Berger; M. fe-sti- 

 cidatum, Jacq. ; M. truncatellum, Haw. 



MARCH 17, 192L 

 W. G. Smith, B.Sc, Pli.D., President, in the Chair. 



Colonel H. H. Johnston read two papers, Additions to 

 the Flora of Orkney as recorded in Watson's Topographical 

 Botany, 2nd Ed. (see p, 51), and Notes on Some Rare or 

 Interesting Orkney Plants. These he illustrated by a 

 large number of specimens collected b}' himself in Orkney. 



Dr. W. G. Smith exhibited a number of potatoes raised 

 from seed. 



The following plants in flower were shown from the 

 Royal Botanic Garden: — Cor y dalis Alleni, Hovt. \ Daphne 

 Blagayana, Frej-er ; Daphne pontica, Linn. ; Morisia 

 hypogaea, J. Gay; Oresitrophe rupifraya, Bunge; Pro- 

 stanthera .rotundifolia, R. Br. ; Shortia uni/iora, Maxim. ; 

 Vaccinium hirsutum, Buckl. ; Wulfenia cordata, Greene. 



APRIL 21, 1921. 



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



Mr. John Sutherland was elected a Resident Fellow. 



Dr. J. MacLean Thompson was elected a non-Resident 

 Fellow. 



The President announced the death, on 11th 3Iarch, 

 of Mr. J. R. Drummond, a non-Resident Fellow. 



