iv Proceedinijs of the. Botanicfd Society 



Thursday, 8th January 1880. — Mr William Gorrie, 

 President, in the Chair. 



Dr David Christison was appointed Artist for 1880. 

 The following Communications were read: — 



I. On the Correct Measurement of Trees. (Fourth Paper.) 



By Sir Robert Christison, Bart. 



II. Notes on New Zealand Plants ndtivated at Rait Lodge, 



near Trinity, which withstood the Severe Winter of 

 1878-79. (Part II.) By Mr William Gorrie, 

 President. 



III. Report for Pecemher on Open- Air Vegetation at the 

 Royal Botaiiic Garden. By Mr John Sadler, Curator. 



MISCELLANEOUS COMMUNICATIONS. 



1. Mr George Muirliead, Paxton, Berwick-on-Tweed, sent two 

 diseased fish from a number that he had seen in the same condi- 

 tion on the previous Monday, whilst walking though the policy of 

 Paxton, in company with Sir Thomas Buchan Hepburn and Captain 

 Milne-Home. They went first to the burn, which runs into the 

 Tweed at the east side of the policy, and saw in it, close to the 

 mouth of the burn, where the water stands in a long pool, about 

 half a dozen fish covered over with Avhite fungus. They seemed to 

 be in a dying state, and lay quite still when the visitors approached 

 close to the place where they were. They also found one or two 

 dead fish. The fish they saw in the burn and the dead ones were 

 bull trout. They then went to the Whitadder, just above "Whit- 

 adder Bridge, which is about half a mile from the mouth of the 

 river, and found the whole water filled with diseased fish, Avhich, 

 with two exceptions, were affected with fungus, appearing to be 

 spotted with white in the water. They were all bull trout. The 

 diseased fish were mostly lying in the still water at the side, with 

 their heads under the bank or behind stones. The specimens, 

 at the suggestion of Sir Robert Christison, were sent to Mr Stirling 

 of the Anatomical Museum to examine. 



