PROCEEDINGS 



BOTANICAL SOCIETY. 



SESSION xLn- 



Thursday, ISth November 1879. 



The followmg Candidate was elected a Resident Fel- 

 low: — 



Alexander Fraser, Canonmills Lodge. 



Dr T. A. C Balfour, President, occupied the Chair, 

 and delivered an Opening Address ; he also read Obituary 

 Notices of the Members which the Society had lost by 

 death during the last Session, 



On the motion of Sir Robert Christison, seconded by Dr 

 Stevenson Macadam, a vote of thanks was given to the 

 President for his address. 



Mr Sadler gave a Report on the Open-Air Vegetation at 

 the Royal Botanic Gardens, as well as on the Lowest Tempera- 

 tures recorded during the month of October at the Garden. 

 He placed on the table the blooms of fifty-two species of 

 plants still in flower in the Rock Garden. 



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