BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH 1\ 



The following candidates were proposed as Resident 

 Fellows of the Society : — 



Thomas Alexander, Esq., proposed by J. Ruthkrford 

 Hill, Esq., seconded by Dr. R. Stewart 

 MacDougall. 



G. A. Grierson, Esq., F.L.S., proposed by Dr. A. E. 

 Davies, F.L.S., seconded by William William- 

 son, Esq. 



Professor Bayley Balfour, M.A., M.D., F.E.S., read a 

 communication on the Scottish Phmt ■' Olour." 



A communication entitled, " Damage to Trees by Hail- 

 stones," with exhibition of Injured Specimens, by Hugh C. 

 Sampson, Esq., B.Sc, was communicated by the President. 



A paper on " The Spread of Sesid bemheciformis, Hbn., in 

 Scotland," by Dr. R Stewart MacDougall and James 

 Waterson, Esq., M.A., was read to the Society. 



A Preliminary Discussion on " The Problem of the 

 Study of Field Botany with relation to a Regional Survey" 

 was initiated by Professor Geddes and R. A. Robertson, 

 Esc}., M.A., B.Sc, and was taken part in by Mr. J. G. 

 Goodchild, Mr. Caldwell Crawford, Mr. Symington 

 Grieve, Professor Balfour, and the President. 



James Whytock, Esq., exhibited a collection of Plants 

 in Flower from the Palace (Jardens, Dalkeith. 



Meeting of the Society, April 10, 1002. 

 Dr. A. E. Davies, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The following candidates were balloted for, and duly 

 elected Resident Fellows of the Society : — 



Thomas Alexander, Esq., proposed by J. Rutherford 

 Hill, Esq., seconded by Dr. R. Stewart 

 MacDougall. 



G. A. Grierson, Esq., F.L.S., proposed by Dr. A. E. 

 Davies, F.L.S , seconded by William William- 

 son, Esq.. 



