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No. XXIII.-New Series. JANUARY, 1889- 



THE 



A QUARTERLY 



MAGAZINE OF NATURAL SCIENCE, 



Edited by Professor JAMES W. H. TRAIL, A.M., M.D., F.L.S. 

 CONTENTS. 



Page 



East of Scotland Union — Report of Meeting at Largo, ... I 



Teaching of Science in Public Schools. W. S. Blackstock, . . 3 

 Hjematite Iron Ore found in the Neighbourhood of Kirkcaldy. John 



Forrester, . . . . - . . . 6 



New Work on Moss Flora of Fife and Kinross, . . . . 15 

 Presidential Address to Scottish Cryptogamic Society. The Duke OF 



Argyle, ... . . . . . 16 



The Lichens of Inveraray. Rev. Hugh Macmillan, D.D., LL.D., 



F.R.S.E., . . . . . 22 



The Peronosporese of Orkney, Prof. J. W. H. Trail, . . 30 



}n the Flora of Shetland. By W. II. Beeby, A.L.S., . . 32 

 Jontributions towards a Flora of Caithness. J. F. Grant and Arthur 



Bennett, F.L. S., . ' • • • • 39 



Plants of Peebleshire. G. Claridge Druce, F.L.S. ; ... 43 



Meeting of the Northern Institute at Huntly, . . . . 46 



Review, . . ^ . . . . . . . 48 



Title-page and Index to Vol. III. ; New Series. 



PERTH : 



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James Gemmell, Edinburgh; Alexander Murray, Aberdeen; W. Kidd, Dundee 

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