No. XXV. -New Series. 



JULY, 1889. 



THE 



A QUARTERLY 



MAGAZINE OF NATURAL SCIENCE, 



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



CONTENTS. 



Obituary— 



Emeritus-Professor Alex. Harvey, M.D., 

 The Reed Bunting in Aberdeenshire. J. Duncan Matthews . 

 The Reed Bunting in Aberdeenshire. Prof. J. W. H. Trail . 

 Additional Records of Scottish Plants in 1889. Arthur Bennett 

 \ / i ' F.L.S., . . . , .' . . . 



Melampyrum sylvaticum in Caithness. Prof. Babington, F.R.S., 

 On the Artificial Production of Double Flowers, and of other Abnoima 



lilies of Structure (Translated). Dr. J. Peykitsch, . 

 The Collecting and Study of Willows. Dr. F. Buchanan W hite, 

 Revision of Scotch Discomycetes. Prof. J. W. H. Trail, 

 Review, . . . . . . 



Don's Plants. G, C. Druce, F.L. S., .... 



Agrostis rubra L. Id. 



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