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paragraph 1 be altered to read : " A Meeting of the Society 

 shall be held on the second Thursday of every month from 

 October to June inclusively." 



Dr. W. G. Smith gave some notes on Danish vegetation, 

 illustrated with numerous lantern slides. 



Mr. M. Y. Orr showed specimens of the leaf insect 

 Pulchriphyllum crurifolium, Serv., and gave notes on its 

 habits. 



Dr. R. S. MacDougall exhibited some Ceylon insects 

 injurious to tea, rubber, and coffee. 



On behalf of Miss Hayward, specimens were exhibited 

 of the hybrids Rosa sjnnosissimax Eglanteria from Rox- 

 burgh, and Rosa spinosissvnia x tomentosa from Selkirk. 



On behalf of Mr. John Roseburgh, specimens were 

 exhibited of Epilobium alsinoides, A. Cunn., a New 

 Zealand plant which he had gathered at Galafoot in 1913, 

 a new record for Great Britain. 



From the Royal Botanic Garden living plants in flower 

 were shown of : — 



Gentiana ri</rscens, Franchet : a sturdy grower of a 

 bushy habit, with persistent stems and foliage. The 

 flowers are of a violet pink colour. Very floriferous, and 

 a late blooming species worthy of being better known. 

 Yunnan. 



Spathoglottis edinensisx, Rolf e : raised at the Royal 

 Botanic Garden from seed procured by crossing S. Fortuni, 

 Lindl., and S. puldhra, Schlechter. 



Mr. Symington Grieve exhibited a piece of wood show- 

 ing the ravages of the beetle Anobium domesticum. 



JANUARY 15, 1914. 



R. Stewart MacDougall, M.A., D.Sc, in the Chair. 



The President announced that His Majesty King 

 George had been graciously pleased to become Patron of 

 the Society. 



