VI TIUNSACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



Meeting of the Socipyrv, February 14, 1901. 

 The Rev. David Paul, M.A., LL.D., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. James Whytock, Palace Gardens, Dalkeith, proposed 

 by Mr. IIohkht Lindsay, seconded Ijy Mr. James A. Terras, 

 B.Sc, was balloted for, and duly elected a Ptesident Fellow 

 of the Society ; the Laws of which he signed on admission. 



The President moved that an Address of Condolence 

 should be presented to the King on the occasion of the 

 death of Queen Victoria. The motion was seconded by 

 Professor Traill, and passed by the meeting. 



The proposed address was then read by the President, 

 the members upstanding, and was adopted by the Society. 



On the motion of Dr. Wm. Ckaig, the Address was 

 remitted to a Committee, composed of the President and 

 Colonel Bailey, to be suitably prepared for transmission to 

 His Majesty the King. 



Mr. KUTHERFORD HiLL exhibited specimens of " Yerba," 

 or Paraguay Tea {Ilex Paraguay cnsis) ; " Mate," or Calabash 

 for infusing it ; and " Bombella," or Sucking Tube, from 

 the Argentine Eepublic. 



Mr. Eutherford Hill exhibited specimens of Bulhine 

 aloides and Monsonia ovata, two native South African 

 medicines. 



Mr. Egbert Turnbull, B.Sc, read a communication 

 entitled : The Use of the term Bark in recent Text-Books of 

 Botany. 



The President read the Eeport of the Excursion of the 

 Scottish Alpine Botanical Club to Killin in 1900. 



Meeting of the Society, March 14, 1901. 



Colonel Fred. Bailey, R.E., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Chairman exhibited a series of thin, hand speci- 

 mens of a number of Woods, illustrating the structure of 

 the more important forest trees. 



Mr. Egbert Lindsay exhibited plants of Veronica 

 arhorea and Marica gracilis in flower. 



