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the snoring of the sleepers was appalling, but worst of all, the 

 dogs first commenced to snarl and then to fight in earnest; 

 clouds of dust descended through seams in the boarding upon 

 the devoted head of our friend, who was only too delighted when 

 day broke, and he was able to extricate himself from his diffi- 

 culties, and breath the puj^e air of Maol Ghirdy. I feel how 

 vain on my part it is to describe the recollections of the scene as 

 related at the time, but I have endeavoured to give a sketch of 

 an actual adventure which our friend had, and he had many 

 such to relate. We returned down G-len Lochay on a lovely 

 summer night to our hostelry ; and it is difficult to realise that 

 the man who had kept us all amused has passed away from 

 among us, almost in his prime. 



His popularity among the students attending the botanical 

 class is too well known to require to be noticed. At the weekly 

 excursions he was their genial companion, and did everything to 

 inspire them with a love of nature and the interesting science 

 they were studying. It is sad to think that the bright career 

 that was before him, as Curator of the Botanic Gardens and 

 Arboretum — work so congenial to his nature — should have been 

 so suddenly closed by his untimely death. Providence has so 

 ordered it ; but his memory will ever remain green in the 

 hearts of many true friends, who have spent happy days in his 

 company, in climbing most of the Scottish mountains in pursuit 

 of their favourite science. 



" Fell star of fate ! thou never canst employ 

 A torment teeming with severer smart, 

 Than that which memory pours upon the heart, 

 While clinging round the sepulchre of joy." 



0. Stxjaet, M.D. 



Note on the Fungi of Roxburghshire. 

 Rev. D. Paul reports from Eoxburgh the occurrence this year 

 (1882) of the following species hitherto not recorded within the 

 limits of the Club: — Ag. fCUtocyle) cerussatus Fr. var. difformis 

 Schum, Pine wood, Oct. ; Ag, (Mycena) sanguinolentus A. and S., 

 among fir leaves, July ; Ag. fVoharmJ gloweephalus,Fr., Cow- 

 pasture, Eoxburgh Glebe, Oct., a rare and handsome fungus ; 

 Polyporus destructor, Schrad., on fallen fir, Oct. ; P. adustus, Fr., 

 frequent ; P. fumosus, Fr., on stump, Nov. ; Trametes mollis, 

 Smrft., on fallen apple tree, Janry. 



