XX PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



LOCAL SECRETARIES. 



Aberdeen — Professor W. G. Craib, M.A. 



C^a/cw«a— Professor S. C. Mahalanobis, B.Sc, F.R.S.E., F.R.M.S., 



Presidency College. 

 Cambridge — Arthur Evans, M.A. 

 Croydon — A. Bennktt, A.L.S. 



East Liss, Hants— James Sykes Gamble, M.A., CLE., F.R.S. 

 G/as^ow— Professor F. 0. Bower, Sc.D., F.R.S., F.L.S. 

 London — William Carruthers, F.R.S. , F.L.S. 

 J. F. Duthie, B.A., F.L.S. 

 „ E. M. Holmes, F.L.S., F.R.H.S. 



Lieut.-Col. Sir David Prain, M.D., CLE., F.R.S., F.L.S., 

 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 

 Philadelphia, U.S.A. — Professor J. M. Macfarlane, D.Sc, F.R.S.E. 

 St. ^?idre?(;s— Professor M'Intosh, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S.E. 



„ Robert A. Robertson, M.A., B.Sc. 



Toronto, Ontario — The Hon. W. R. Riddell, B.Sc, B.A., LL.D. 



Miss Isabella M. King was elected a Resident Fellow. 



Dr. W. G. Smith delivered his Presidential Address (see 

 p. 77). 



Mr. James Fraser exhibited specimens of Sieglingia 

 decumbens, Bernh., showing basal florets which produced 

 seed. A number of points were raised in the subsequent 

 discussion, such as the value of these florets to the 

 plant, which showed the need for further observation and 

 research. 



Dr. Malcolm Wilson exhibited specimens of Potato 

 attacked by Armillaria mellea (Vahl) Quel., collected in 

 the neighbourhood of Edinburgh. This fungus has not 

 been previously described as a potato disease in Europe, 

 although recorded from Austi'alia and Japan. 



A number of plants in flower were shown from the 

 Royal Botanic Garden. 



