C X T E X T S. 



PAGJ-; 



Chairman's Introductory Address : — Oa the Resnlts of Meteoro- 

 logical Observations on the Weather of the last Summer. By 

 Alexander Buchax, M.A 203 



Obituary Notice of Sir Robert Christison, Bart. By John Huttox 



Balfocr, M.D., Hon. Sec 1! 2Gt! 



Obituary Notice of Sir C. Wyville Thomson. By JoHX HcTTox 



Balfour, M.D., Hon. Sec 27.^ 



Obituary Notice of Professor George Stoddart Blackie, M.D. Bv 

 JoHX Slbbald, M.D., F.R.S.E ". 2S2 



Obituary Notice of Charles Robert Darwin. By John Hl'TTox 



Balfour, M.D., Hon. Sec '. 284 



Obituary Notice of Deputv-Surgeon General W. Jameson, CLE. 



By Hugh Cleghorn, M.D., F.L.S 2S8 



Obituary Notice of Josej^h Decaisne, Member of the Institute of 

 France, Honorary Fellow. By Andrew Taylor 295 



Obituary Notices of Deceased Fellows for past Session ^ 297 



Address by the President on Chlorophyll 303 



On Tillering. By A. Stephen Wilson, North Kinniuudy, . Jjcr- 



deenshii'e 350 



On Fixing Blowmg Sands by means of Planted Grasses. By James 

 CouTTS Crawford, F.G.S 351 



Ou Lichens (1) from Newfoundland, collected by Mr A. Gray, v.ith 

 a List of the Species ; y-2) from New Zealand ; (3) from the 

 South of Scotland. By James Stirton, M.D., F.L.S 355 



On the Germination of Streptocarpiis caulescetis. Bv Professor 



Dickson. (Plate XIV.) ' 362 



(3u the ^Estivation of the Floral Envelopes in Helianthemxim 



vulgare. By Professor DiCKSON 364 



On a Monstrosity in the Flower of Iris Fseudacorus. By Professor 

 Dickson 364 



Report on the Vegetation in the Garden of the Royal Botanic Insti- 

 tution, Glasgow, from January till November 1882. By Robert 

 BuLLEN, Curator. Communicated by the President 365 



Dysoxylon Srhiffni'ri (Section Cleisocahjx), a new Tree from East 

 Australia. Bv Baron Ferd. von Mueller, Ph.D., M.D., F.R.S., 

 K.C.M.G. ...\ 369 



Report on Temperatures and Open-Air Vegetation at the Royal 

 Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, from November 1881 till July 1882. 

 Compiled from Notes read at Meetings of the Society. By the 

 late John Sadler, Curator 371 



Note on Table of Flowering of Plants in the Royal Botanic Garden, 

 Edinburgh, from 1850 to 1882. By the 'late John Sadler, 

 Curator. (WitliTable) 374 



Notes on Memorial Trees Planted in the Royal Botanic Garden, 



Edinburgh. By the late John Sadler, Curator. 375 



E.xtracts from Correspondence as to the Effects of the Winter of 



1881-82 in different parts of Scotland 37S 



Appeio)!! — Proceedmgs. (Plates XII. and XIII.) oi 



„ Additions to the Library, Herbarium, and Museum 



during the Session cx.\ 



„ List of Members cxxvii 



Index cxxxv 



