X CONTENTS. 



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 Mr. C. G. Thost on the Rocks and Minerals in the Property of the Marquis of 



Breadalbane 125 



Mr. J. Wyllie on some Old Red Sandstone Fossils 126 



BOTANY AND ZOOLOGY, including PHYSIOLOGY. 



Address by Sir William Jardine, Bart., President of the Section 126 



Botany. 



Dr. George Bennett on some Uses to which the Nuts of the Vegetable Ivory 

 Palm (Phytelephas macrocarpa) is applied 130 



Dr. George Buist on the Failure of Bright-coloured Flowers in Forest Trees 

 to produce Pictorial Effect on the Landscape, unless accompanied by abund- 

 ance of Green Leaves 130 



— — -, Note on some Peculiarities of the Silk Trees or Bomba- 



cese of Western India 132 



— . , Note on the Aversion of certain Trees and Plants to the 



Neighbourhood of each other 133 



Mr. H. Caunter on a Diatomaceous Deposit found in the Island of Lewis ... 133 



Mr. Croll's Account of the more remarkable Plants found in Braemar 133 



Professor Dickie, Notes on the Upper Limits of Cultivation in Aberdeenshire 133 



, Remarks on the Flora of Aberdeenshire 134 



Mr. E. J. Lowe on the Temperature of the Flowers and Leaves of Plants 135 



Dr. M'Gowan, Remarks on the Cultivation of the Opium Poppy of China .... 136 



Mr. Maxwell T. Masters, Remarks on Vegetable Morphology and the 

 Theory of the Metamorphosis of Plants 136 



Mr. W. E. C. Nourse on the Colours of Leaves and Petals 138 



Dr. George Ogilvie on the Vegetative Axis of Ferns 139 



Mr. George Rainey on the Structure and Mode of Formation of Starch- 

 granules, according to the principles of Molecular Science 140 



Mr. James Taylor, Notes on the Arctic Flora 140 



Mr. Daniel Vaitghan on the Growth of Trees in Continental and Insular 

 Climates 140 



Zoology. 

 Dr. Adams on the Birds of Banchory 142 



Mr. Joshua Alder on a New Zoophyte, and two Species of Echinodermata new 

 to Britain 142 



Professor Allman on Dicoryne stricta, a New Genus and Species of the Tubu- 

 lariadce 142 



on Laomedea tenuis, n. sp 143 



— on a remarkable Form of Parasitism among the Pycnogo- 



nidce 143 



on the Structure of the Lucernariadce 143 



Dr. Bleeker, Descriptions of Genera of Fish of Java 144 



Mr. S. M. Burnett, Personal Observations on the Zoology of Aberdeenshire. 144 



Mr. George Busk, List of Marine Polyzoa collected by George Barlee, Esq., 

 in Shetland and the Orkneys, with Descriptions of the New Species 144 



Dr. Dickie, Remarks on the Mollusca of Aberdeenshire 147 



