324 Report of Meetings for 1891. By Dr J. Hardy. 



from his pen,*^- I insert it here: Hydrangea Japonica (Siebold) ; 

 S. paniculata, var. grandiflora, Siebold ; Gladiolus Sandersn ; 

 Crinum PoioelU ; Truyctis hirta, (Japanese Toad-Lily); Clethra 

 alnifolia, L., (a shrub 3 to 4 feet high, which grows in swamps 

 in Virginia; Auricoma CandoUei, [an umbelliferous plant, not 

 much known, whose fern-like foliage is exceedingly elegant] ; 

 Delphinium Brunonianum; Polygonum compactum ; Arnebia echioides, 

 Alph. De Cand. The Prophet's Flower. [Mahomet is said by 

 his followers to have put his fingers on the petals, and left on 

 them marks which they still retain. When the flower expands 

 the spots pass away after a few hours. It is now in many 

 country gardens.] Magnolia grandiflora ; Azara macrophylla, 

 shrub from Chili, with a vanilla-like flavour ; Gentiatia 

 Andrewsii. [There was also a packet of fennel (Ferula gigantea) 

 seeds. It bears a stalk and head seven feet in height, and has 

 fine feathery foliage.] 



Dr Macla^^an's list was accompanied by the following note, 

 which shows his continued interest to near the close of his 

 ever active, most useful, and most exemplary life, in the 

 local Flora. 



" Berwxck-on-Tweed, October 17, 1891. 

 Dear Dr Hardy, 



I enclose a list of the Belvoir Castle Plants as Mrs 

 Carter requested. 



I was very sorry that the additions to our Flora were not displayed at 

 the Museum. I went there to do it last Saturday, bat the Keeper was 

 gone, and I could not get in. The only species I have not seen before is 

 Rhynchoftpora alha — found near Kyloe by Mr Arthur Evans. Last 

 Wednesday on returning from a distant visit, and resting at Beal Station, 

 I found a good many plants of Diplotaxis muralis — of course an import- 

 ation. Linaria minor is increasing greatly there. 

 Believe me, 



Yours very truly, 



P. W. MACLAGAN. 

 (Signed). 



The members afterwards dined together in the King's Arms 

 Hotel. 



* Philip Whiteside Maclagan, M.D., son-in-law and successor of Dr 

 Johnston, died at Berwick, 25th May, 1892, aged 73, deeply regretted ; 

 formerly surgeon in the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, and afterwards 

 in the 20th Regiment, 



