XXX PROCEEDINGS—PERTHSHIRE SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCE. 
SUMMER SESSION, 1894. 
The following Excursions were arranged :— 
1. May 24.—To Glenfarg, jointly with the Edinburgh Scottish 
Natural History Society. 
2. June 16.—To Glenartney. 
3. June 30.—To Tentsmuir. 
4. July 14.—To Killin, for one or more days. 
5. July 28.—To Millhaugh. 
6. Aug. 11.—To Lake of Menteith. 
7. Aug. 30.—To Longforgan. 
The Summer Excursions of 1894. 
Compiled by the Editor. 
For many years past it was the custom of the late Dr. Buchanan 
White, at the opening meeting of each winter session, to give an 
account of the Excursions of the Society during the preceding 
summer. In spite of illness, he intended, at the opening of the 
present session, to have performed this work as in former years, but 
death, which came on so rapidly, prevented the fulfilment of this 
purpose. It seems right, however, that some record of these excur¬ 
sions should find a place in the proceedings of the Society, and to 
attain this object the following account has been compiled. That 
the botanical portions have not been written, like those of former 
years, by the hand of the master will be evident enough, but in the 
circumstances any dehciences may perhaps be excused. Those parts 
which are placed within quotation marks have been contributed by 
the President, Mr. Henry Coates, except the account of the last 
excursion, that to Balruddery, which has been supplied by Mr. 
Robert Dow. 
The first excursion of the season took place on 24th May, the 
day set apart in Perth for the celebration of the Queen's Birthday. 
The party left Perth by train for Glenfarg Station, where they were 
joined by a large number of ladies and gentlemen, members of the 
Scottish Natural History Society of Edinburgh. After paying a visit 
to a quarry close by the village to examine one of those basalt dykes 
which are so frequently met with in Perthshire, we returned through 
the village and struck into the old road which goes by the Wicks of 
Baiglie. This we followed for some time, and then climbed to the top 
of Balmanno Hill to enjoy the famous view which, in days of yore, 
delighted the eyes of the Roman soldiers, and which, when first it 
met the gaze of Sir Walter Scott, appeared to him as fair a sight as 
earth could show. Arrived, however, at the top of the hill, exclama¬ 
tions of disappointment burst from the lips of all. Although the day 
was warm and pleasant and the sun shone brightly, yet a thick haze 
