220 TRANSACTIONS AND I'ltOGKKDINGS OK TlIK [Sess. LXVI. 



EXTENSION OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN. 



Ou the suggestion of Profes.?or J. H. Balfour, at a meeting of the 

 Council on ;?rd November 1874, it was remitted to the Secretary and 

 President to bring up the desirability of the Society addressing a 

 Memorial to the Government at the next ordinary meeting of the 

 Society. 



At the meeting held on 12th November 1874, it was remitted to the 

 President and the Honorary Secretary to draw up a Memorial in favour 

 of the extension of the Roj'al Botanic Garden, the Memorial to be 

 signed by tlie President in the name of the Society, and transmitted to 

 H.M. Government. 



The reply of the Government, through H.M. Office of Works, is 

 dated 22nd January 1875. They declined to purchase part of the lands 

 of Inverleith for an extension of the Botanic Garden, but said that, 

 if either the city of Edinburgh or the University purcliased the land 

 and handed it over to the Office of Works, they would ask Parliament 

 to vote tlie additional yearly cost of maintenance. 



The arrangements to purchase the Arboretum were completed 

 between the Government and the Town Council of Edinburgh about 

 May 1877. 



LOCAL PENNY POST ABOLISHED. 



At a meeting, held in the Royal Institution, of the Committee of 

 Management of the Botanical Society, on 9th January 1840, it was 

 ordered that, " In consequence of the change in the local penny post 

 delivery in and around Edinburgh of the Billets intimating the 

 Society's meetings, etc., these should in future be delivered by a 

 person, at as moderate a charge as could be arranged, say, 2s. 6d. a 

 meeting." 



Hepatic.e of Ben Lawers District. 



By Symers M. Macvicar. 



(Read 10th April 1902.) 



I spent five weeks within the years 1900 and 1901 at 

 Iviltyrie, near the base of Beu Lawers, with the object of 

 becoming familiar with the Hepaticte of the district. 

 Several botanists have searched these hills for hepatics, 

 but none have apparently devoted the whole of their time 

 to this subject, judging from the number of additions to 

 our flora, some being not very rare, which I was enabled 

 to make. The localities searched by me were the range of 

 hills from Ben Lawers to Creag-na-Caillich, and the low 

 ground from Lawers to Killin. June was the month 

 chosen as, the ground being still moist, most of rare 

 fruiting species are then in best condition. 



Ben Lawers lies almost exactly in the centre of Scotland, 

 and its hepatic Hora combines both the eastern and the 



