PROCEEDINGS—PERTHSHIRE SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCE. XV 
is what perhaps might be expected from the unusual season we have 
'had. The most noteworthy of the plants in flower was Caltha palus- 
tris, almost every plant of which showed several blossoms. Other 
species were Fragaria vesca , Spircea XJlmaria, Laminin album , 
Astrantia major , &c. It was not, however, till we got near Pepper- 
knowes that we met with some unexpected plants. In one little spot 
on the roadside three of the four Perthshire poppies were growing 
together, namely, Papaver Argemone , P. dubium , and P. Lecoqii. 
The latter is very rare in Perthshire, and we had met with it only 
once before. 
At Pepperknowes there is a gravel pit* into which we turned, 
not, however, with the expectation of finding anything very remark¬ 
able. In this we were agreeably disappointed, for the pit produced 
several interesting plants. Amongst natives we noticed Agrimonia 
odorata (new to this district of Perthshire), Centaurea Scabiosa , 
Cynoglossum officinale , Sagina procumbens (var. spinosa , which we had 
not met with before), and a curious form of Filago germanica. There 
were also three aliens, namely, Verbascum nigrum , a white-flowered 
Silene , and a species of Roemeria . Of the Verbascum there was one 
plant only, and its presence is due to some seeds which were sown 
here some time ago. This species is not a native of Scotland, but 
casual specimens occasionally occur. We have scattered seed of it 
in several places, but, except in this instance, without any result. 
The Silene appears to be S. dichotoma Ehrh., but how it and the 
Roemeria came to this spot is not very clear. The Silene was rather 
abundant, but of the Roemeria we saw but one specimen. In the old 
mill-dam at Pepperknowes several bushes of Salix undulata grow. 
Some of these were flowering for the second time this season, and, 
as is usual with the second flowering, the ovaries were somewhat 
pubescent, though in the first or normal flowering they are glabrous. 
This is a point of considerable interest in connection with the 
botanical history of this hybrid. Near the farm Rumex alpinus was 
noticed, and completes the list of records for the day. 
Mr. R. Brown, F.E., R.N., one of the Delegates of the Society 
to the East of Scotland Union of Naturalists’ Societies, gave a 
Report of the Meeting of the Union held at Kirkcaldy. 
Mr. A. S. Reid, M.A., F.G.S., Trinity College, Glenalmond, one 
of the Delegates of the Society to the British Association for the 
Advancement of Science, gave in a Report of the Meeting of that 
body held at Nottingham. 
14th December, 1893. 
Henry Coates, F.R.S.E., President, in the Chair. 
Mr. George G. Gardiner, 40 South Methven Street; Rev. H. 
Armstrong Hall, Tayhill; Rev. P. A. Gordon Clark, Free West 
*Colonel Drummond Hay tells me that I am wrong in speaking of a gravel pit; 
it is the gravel pit of the Carse. 
