CXXXV111 PROCEEDINGS—PERTHSHIRE SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCE. 
been placed in the new herbarium. A large number of specimens 
left by the late Dr. Buchanan White have now been incorporated, 
although a number of critical forms have still to be gone over and 
determined. Mr. A. Bennet, Croydon, has kindly gone over the 
very difficult and variable forms of Carex Goodenowii , Gay, and has 
determined, as far as possible from the specimens, the different 
varieties found in Perthshire. The only addition to the herbarium 
worth noticing, which resulted from the summer excursions, was 
Potentilla argentea , found near Delvine by Mr. Dow and Miss 
Thomas. So far as I know, this species has hitherto been found in 
the county only in the district of Gowrie. A considerable number 
of specimens collected by the late Dr. White and some of his corres¬ 
pondents have still to be incorporated in the general herbarium.” 
Mr. Meldrum reports—“Among the Mosses collected round 
Pitlochry last year, and presented to the Society by Mr. Edward 
Holmes, of the Pharmaceutical Society, London, are two of special 
interest. One, Dicranum montanum , Hedw., has previously been 
found in Perthshire only at Craighall. Pitlochry, therefore, makes 
a second station. The other, Pseudoleskea cateniilata , Brid., was 
found on a wall near Blair-Atholl. This is usually found at a much 
higher elevation among the mountains.” 
II. Index or Type Museum. —The joiners have overhauled the 
cases in this Museum, and now they are reasonably dust-proof, and, 
as far as the cases allowed, they have been reconstructed on the 
plan of the cases in the Perthshire Department, The tint chosen 
for the interior of the cases is as near as possible the same pale blue 
colour employed in the Perthshire Department. Glass shelving has 
been adopted in place of the more recent tablet arrangement now 
usually employed in museums, but only until we come into possession 
of numerous specimens yet required. Most of the material has been 
placed on the shelves, roughly classified, and some is yet unmounted. 
A beginning, however, has been made to the final arrangement of 
several of the groups. 
The Protozoa are complete, all the orders being represented either 
in models or in drawings. 
In the Spo?ige case also are represented all the typical forms of 
sponges, while a portion of the case has been devoted to the anatomy 
and life history of a typical form. For the beautiful drawings in this 
case the Society is indebted to Miss M. G. Dickson. 
The arrangement of the Coelenterata case is almost completed. 
The life histories are represented by a series of Blatcha’s models in 
glass. 
The Birds , as far as we have specimens, are arranged on glass 
shelves in the north case. A series of large labels set forth the 
characters of the different families. 
The Morphological Botany case is well advanced. The main 
orders of flowering plants are illustrated by enlarged models arranged 
on shelves along the whole length of the case at the south end of the 
