PROCEEDINGS—PERTHSHIRE SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCE. XXXV11 
system, which was formally opened in the month of June last by 
Dr. Peace of Glasgow. 
“ On the way to Longforgan Mr. Dow pointed out the stations 
of a number of rare Perthshire plants. These included Goody era 
repens , the creeping orchid, unfortunately much thinned out by last 
November’s storm. Silene noctiflora was found to be flourishing in 
abundance at the station discovered last summer. The ditch, which 
in early summer is choked up with Stum angustifolium, a rare 
Perthshire plant, was found to have been cleaned out, but the plant 
seems to hold its own notwithstanding. The yellow ripening wheat 
fields were rendered conspicuously attractive by a copious colouring 
of the common red poppy, Papaver Rhoeas. Thus ended a most 
enjoyable excursion, rendered doubly so by the kindness of Mr. 
White, who was untiring in his efforts for the comfort of the party. 
Mr. White expressed the hope that the Society would have another 
excursion to Balruddery next season. The kindness of Mr. Paton, 
farmer, Monorgan, ought to be acknowledged. Although in the 
midst of harvesting operations, he willingly and personally drove 
a number of the party to the den, and back to the station in the 
afternoon.” 
This completes the list of official excursions, and as regards these, 
at least, it will be generally acknowledged that the geological section 
has borne off the palm. No one will grudge them the honour; and a 
little healthy rivalry among the various sections would do no harm to 
the Society. Apart from the official excursions, the entomologists, 
and, in particular, Mr. T. M. M‘Gregor, made numerous explorations. 
Amongst his finds are five species of Aculeate Hymenoptera new to 
Perthshire, and seven new species of Hemiptera-Homoptera. His 
collections have not yet been fully examined, but when this has been 
done the results will no doubt be communicated to the Society at 
no distant date. 
Nor were the members of the Photographic Section idle during 
the summer. Several excursions were planned, and successfully 
carried out, for the purpose of obtaining good pictures of the native 
trees of Perthshire. When these have been placed in the cases 
allotted to them they will be found to be beautiful as works of art 
and of great scientific value. 
In former years the botanical members also, under the guidance 
of Dr. Buchanan White, were wont to do much work in what we 
may call private excursions on their own account. But in the 
summer of 1894 their leader was no longer able to march at their 
head, and this to them was a sad disaster. The good work, how¬ 
ever, was not entirely suspended. My own excursions, and they 
were numerous, though solitary, were directed to the investigation of 
the Roses of the county. Of these I made a large collection, and 
sent duplicates of them to Professor Crepin of Brussels, one of the 
greatest authorities on the difficult genus Rosa. He has been kind 
enough to send me a full report on these specimens, which I shall 
on some suitable occasion communicate to the Society. Here I shall 
merely mention one or two points of special interest. Among the 
