vi PREFACE 



the Scottish Meteorological Society ; Address on the Climate 

 of the British Isles, by A. Watt, M.A., etc. 



Among the many friends who have given generous aid, 

 special thanks are due to two gentlemen in particular r 

 Mr Arthur Bennett, F.L.S., who has named or verified nearly 

 all the Colonsay plants ; and Professor Mackinnon, of the 

 Celtic Chair, Edinburgh, a native of Colonsay, who kindly 

 read the proof-sheets and corrected the Gaelic names. 

 Others kindly gave help in a variety of ways. Thus Mr 

 E. B. Bailey, who was engaged for several seasons in the 

 Geological Survey of the island, corrected and amplified the 

 chapter on Geology. 



In determining doubtful species, assistance was received 

 from the authorities at Kew and the following gentlemen : 

 Kev. W. Moyle Rogers, F.L.S., Bournemouth (Rubi) ; 

 Mr W. Barclay, Perth (Rosa) ; Rev. E. S. Marshall, M.A., 

 F.L.S., Taunton (Euphrasia, Betula, etc.) ; Rev. E. F. Linton, 

 M.A., Salisbury (Mentha, Hieracia, Salix, etc.); Mr Charles 

 T. Druery, F.L.S., Acton (Ferns); the late Rev. W. R. 

 Linton, M.A. (Hieracia) ; Rev. G. R. Bullock Webster, F.L.S. 

 (Chara, Tolypella). 



For information concerning the plants of the surrounding 

 islands and assistance in other ways, the writer is much 

 indebted to Mr Symers M. Mac Vicar (flora of Tiree, Eigg, 

 Lismore, etc.), Dr Gilmour (list of the Islay plants), Mr P. 

 Ewing, F.L.S. (Glasgow Catalogue of Native and Estab- 

 lished Plants), Dr M'Neill, Medical Officer of the County 

 of Argyll, and others; and to Mr Donald M'Neill, Lower 

 Kilchattan, and the older inhabitants for information on 

 local matters. 



