370 Report of Meetings for 1886. By J. Hardy. 



8. Lady Graham Montgomery. By J. B. Swinton (brother of Mr 

 Campbell Swinton of Kimmerghame). 



Front Drawing Room : — 



9. The Lady Elizabeth Montgomery. By Hoppner. 



10. Landscape — Windsor Castle. By Bat. Naesrnyth. 



11. Landscape — Richmond, Surrey. By Bat. Haesmyth. 



12. Landscape — Neidpath Castle. By Williams. 



13. Landscape — Stobo Castle. By Williams. 



14. Tbe Lady Jane Douglas (Doug-las Cause). Presented by her to Sir 

 Jas. Montgomery, Bart. (2). 



Large Drawing Room : — 



15. Lady Montgomery (a picture from Kinross House), daughter of Mr 

 Graham of Kinross, and mother of Sir Graham Graham Montgomery, 

 Bart., through whom he heired the Kinross estate. By Raehurn. 



16-17. Two Cabinet Pictures. By Angelica Kaufman. 



18. Master Graham, son of Mr Graham of Kinross, killed while his ship 

 was in action with a privateer. By Monnier (a French artist). 



19. Miss Lucy Montgomery, d. 1881. By Hicks. 



The members thereafter betook themselves to the terrace, 

 where they enjoyed the splendid view, as well as the rich flower 

 borders in front of the castle. Passing along the walks, it is 

 painfully visible that recent frosts 'have made havoc of several 

 of the bay-laurels and other shrubs, cut down the hollies which 

 were once numerous, and nipped the Irish yews. AVhite and 

 purple foxgloves have grown up on the spots denuded by the 

 destruction of the bay-laurels (JPrunus laurocerasus.) There are 

 several thriving Coniferre ; but honour is specially due to the 

 spruce and silver firs. On one of the walls, above a door, 

 in the chinks on the mortar, Encalypta strcptocarpa in some 

 quantity was growing, a singular locality for a rarish moss. 

 Passing round to the parks behind the house, the trees, so 

 numerous on all sides, came under notice. The lime trees that 

 had been prostrated by the great gales of recent years, have been 

 successfully re-erected, without being denuded of their branches. 

 They are consolidated with stones closery fixed round their bases. 

 Some of the ashes were decaying at top, perhaps the soil is too 

 dry; they were in great force here. There were some bulky 

 sycamores, stately birches, and white poplars. Several of the 

 oaks were good, but in general they were rather small. The 

 foliage here is much blasted by the attacks of mining caterpillars. 

 There are some good Scotch pines, but the larches are the most 

 valuable. There is one patriarchal larch of Sir Jas. Naesmyth's 



