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On Wednesday, 24th September, the Society visited Glen 
Caladh, the residence of Mr F. W. F. Clark, which is beautifully 
situated in the Kyles of Bute. On arrival at Tighnabruaich 
pier, the party was met by Mr Clark’s gamekeeper, and conducted 
by an ascending path, passing through moist woodlands and over 
heath-covered slopes, to a point from which a panoramic view 
was obtained of the Kyles of Bute and lower part of Loch 
Riddon, with their richly-wooded shores, rocky islets, and bold 
background of lofty hills. Having descended by a steep and 
winding path, and passed through the grounds of Glen Caladh 
House, the party returned to Tighnabruaich by a road which led 
along the sea-shore. The Annual Business Meeting of the 
Society was held in the evening, when it was decided that the 
next Conference should take place at Perth, on 29th September 
19x4, and following days. Miss M. L. Miles, Perth, was elected 
President, and other office-bearers were appointed for the ensuing 
year. The Society expressed its thanks to the various proprietors 
who had kindly granted permission to visit their estates ; and to 
Mr R. D. Whyte, Secretary of the Buteshire Natural History 
Society, for much assistance in completing these and other 
arrangements in connection with the Conference. 
On Thursday, 25th September, rain again fell heavily, and 
an intended excursion to Castle Toward, the residence of Mr 
Ian A. Finlay, had therefore to be abandoned. Later in the 
day, some of the party visited the woods in the neighbourhood 
of Rothesay, but their search for fungi met with little success. 
Owing to the exceptionally unfavourable weather experienced, 
and scarcity of the larger fungi in the woods visited, the list of 
Hymenomycetes is comparatively small. Microfungi, however, 
were reported to be fairly abundant; and the record includes 
several species recently described as new to Britain, as well as 
various others obtained in the neighbourhood of Loch Fad and 
Kingarth during the week of the Conference. 
