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ramble over the hills from the Cloch to Ravens- 

 craig. On August ioth, a most enjoyable day was 

 spent at Loch Quien, Bute, the members being 

 again indebted to Messrs. Ballantyne and Lyle. 

 The report having been approved, the election of 

 office-bearers took place. 



Natural History Society of Glasgow. — The 

 opening meeting of the forty-fifth winter session 

 was held in the society's rooms, 207, Bath Street, 

 on September 24th, Professor Thomas King, 

 president, in the chair. It was intimated that the 

 Royal Society of London had agreed to exchange 

 publications with the society. Reports were given 

 in of two excursions. The first had been to Row- 

 allan, where is still seen a small part of the ancient 

 castle, dating from the 13th century, with additions 

 of three centuries later. The remains of the lake- 

 dwelling or crannog at Buston (now in a drained 

 and cultivated area) had been visited, also the 

 castle-hill or moat-hill near Stewarton. An 

 excursion to Torrance, East Kilbride, had been 

 largely attended. Mr. A. Somerville, B Sc, 

 F.L.S., exhibited on behalf of Mr. Arthur Bennett, 

 F.L.S., corresponding member, ihe sedge Carex 

 fusca, Allioni (C. buxbaumii, Wahl.), from Loch 

 Sheil, near Arisaig, where it had been discovered 

 by Mr. W. F. Miller ; it is an addition to the flora 

 of Great Britain, having previously only been 

 recorded from Ireland, from the shores of Lough 

 Neagh. There was also shown, on behalf of Mr. 

 Bennett, the rare brown beak-sedge (Rhynchospora 

 fusca, R. and S.), found by Mr. S. M. Macvicar in 

 same quarter, an interesting addition to the flora of 

 the Highlands. Mr. R. S. Wishart, M.A., laid on 

 the table a number of plants from near Berwick, 

 abundant there, though rare on the west side of 

 Scotland. These included Lathyrus aphaca, L., 

 Hyoscyamus viger, L., Allium vineale, L., and Hordeum 

 maritimum, With. He also showed a " barren " shoot 

 of raspberry, bearing fruit, though in its first year 

 only ; also a tall plant of the thistle (Cardials 

 py otocephalus, Jacq.), raised from seed, and — though 

 the species is a biennial — bearing flowers in its 

 first year. Other exhibits were made and papers 

 read. 



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CORRESPONDENCE. 



R. Borrows (Darlington). — It is probably a nematoid 

 or hair-worm. See p. 211 in this number. 



Miss Temple (London). — The enlargement of the thistle- 

 stem is caused by a gall-fly. It is locally common, especially 

 on the sea-walls and in meadows by the estuary of the 

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W. G. H. Williams (London). — The plant is common 

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