PROCEEDINGS — PERTHSHIRE SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCE, lxxiii 
WINTER SESSION, 1900-1901. 
8th November, 1900. 
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Henry Coates, F.R.S.E., President, in the Chair. 
Mr. Barclay exhibited specimens, and gave an account of three 
notable plants found during the preceding summer. These were— 
1 st, Asarum europaeum , Lin., a large patch of which was discovered 
by himself on the bank of the Tay about three-and-a-half miles below 
Perth. Though certainly not native, it is difficult to account for the 
presence of the plant in this station. 2nd, Linnaea borealis , Lin.— 
This was found by Mr. Arch. Gray in a wood at some distance from 
Kinnoull Hill. The plant was in considerable quantity, covering a 
space of ground 13 yards by 3 yards broad. There is an old 
record for Linnaea as having been found on Kinnoull Hill about 
1820, but it is not known to have been gathered in that station or 
neighbourhood since. 3rd, Schoenus fermgineus .—This species, first 
discovered as a British plant by Mr. Brebner, Dundee, at Loch 
Tummel in 1884, and occurring then in considerable quantity, was 
believed to have become extinct. This, however, is not yet quite the 
case, for Mr. A. H. Evans, Cambridge, gathered a few spikes of it 
this season. It is to be feared, however, that it will soon cease to 
exist as a British plant, a result greatly to be regretted and difficult 
to account for. 
Mr. Alex. M. Rodger, as Delegate of the Society to the British 
Association for the Advancement of Science, gave a report of the 
Meetings of the Association at Bradford. 
The following paper was read :— 
“ On Some Prison Birds.” By Col. Campbell (See Trans ., 
Vol. III., Part III., page 97). 
The President delivered the following Opening Address :— 
Ladies and Gentlemen,— It is now fifteen years since my 
predecessor, the late Dr. Buchanan White, inaugurated the custom 
of opening the Winter Session with an Address from the President. 
The custom has its uses in giving an opportunity for placing on 
record any matter of interest to the Society which may have occurred 
during the preceding Summer Session. At the same time, I think 
your Council has acted wisely in this year placing a Paper on the 
Agenda for the opening night, in addition to the Address, and thus 
giving me a hint to make the latter as brief as possible. This hint I 
shall certainly take. 
the museum. 
Turning first to the Museum, I should like to draw your attention 
to some of the recent work of our Curator in the Index Department. 
As you are aware, the arrangement of this department was deferred 
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