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SESSIONS 1913-1914, 1914-1915 



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A Pair of Long-Eared Owls (with Two Plates and Map).—1S.T J. C. Adam, 63 

 Ancient Monuments of the Gorebridge District.— Rev. D. W. Wilson, 



M.A., 92 



Plant Growth-Rhythms.— Mr R. A. Robertson, F.R.S.E., F.L.S., . 99 

 Trees and Shrubs, &c, of British Columbia and Washington. — Mr 



F. R. S. Balfour and Mr W. Balfour Gourlay, . ^ . . .104 



Abnormal Growth in Fir and Spruce Trees.— Mr Stewart Archibald, 110 

 The Common House Fly.— DrW. G. Aitchison Robertson, D.Sc, F.R.C.P., 111 



Hadrian's Wall.— Mr Robert Lindsay, 131 



The Olive Tree.— Mr A. B. Steele, 153 



The Position of Pastoral Plants since 1885.— Mr William Wilson, 159 



Notes on the Geological History of Blackford Hill and its Agates 



[with Two Plates). —Mr J. J. McBeath, . 161 



Notes on Wild-Fowl in the Outer Hebrides and in Midlothian. —Mr 



Tom Speedy, 171 



Notes on the Microfungi of the Forth Area.— Mr D. A. Boyd, . 180 



Notes on Microfungi observed in Stirlingshire and Perthshire.— Mr 



D. A. Boyd 186 



The Story of the Constellations.— Mr T. C. Day, F.C.S., . . .189 



Fungus Forays (1915).— Mr A. B. Steele, . . . . . . .198 



In Memoriam, 128, 199 



Exhibits in Natural History 129, 200 



Annual Business Meetings 129, 200 



List of Members, 1914-1915, . . xv 



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