of Edinburgh, Session 1879-80. xv 



The plant had been presented to the Eoyal Botanic Garden by 

 ]Mr Charles Cowan of Westerlea, Murrayfield, in whose greenhouse 

 it accidentally canae up, and was afterwards cidtivated. 



2. Mr Hugh Johnstone, manager of ^Messrs Dickson & Son's 

 nurseries, Leith Walk, exhibited a double spathed Anthurium 

 Schoertzerianum. 



3. The Kev. Hugh Taylor, Humsheugh, Northumberland, sent 

 a double spathe of Calla cetMojnca. 



4. Mr John Campbell of Ledaig sent a number of flower sprays 

 from his garden. "Whilst a number were in bloom also in the 

 Edinburgh district, two represented by fine Ledaig specimens, viz., 

 Euryhia argojjhyl/ a and of Escallonia macrantha had succumbed to 

 the severe spring weather of the east coast. 



5. Mr M. Dunn, Dalkeitb, exhibited a magnificent specimen of 

 the Morchella esculenta picked up by Mr Foreman in the woods 

 round Eskbank. 



6. Mr Sj'niington Grieve sent fungi picked two daj^s previously 

 from a cave in the island of Colonsay, 90 feet from the surface, 

 where they grew in darkness. 



7. There was also exhibited a handsome box made of cocoa-nut 

 palm with Jack-wood lid, presented to the museum of the Royal 

 Botanic Garden by Dr Thomson, Medical Missionary, Travancore. 

 This had been gifted to the donor by the brother of the Dewan of 

 Travancore. 



8. On the table were numerous hardy and herbaceous plants, 

 many Alpine, from the propagating department of the Royal Botanic 

 Garden, including Saxifraga M'Nahiana, Darlingtonia californica, 

 Primula siliMmensis, P. piedmontana, Daj)hne striata, and 

 Mewnopsis aculeata. 



Thursday, 10th June 1880. — Mr William Gorkie, 

 President, in the Chair. 



The following Candidate was elected a Eesident Fellow : — 

 W. C. M'iNTOsii, M.D., F.R.S.E., F.L.S., Murtlily, Perthshhe. 



The following Communications were read : — 



I. Remarks on Eheum nobile, Hook, fil., which has flowered in 

 the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinlurgh. Illustrated with 

 Coloured Drawings by Miss Woox. By Dr Balfour, 

 F.K.S., Emeritus Professor of Botany. 



