PROCEEDINGS—PERTHSHIRE SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCE. 
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years been seen on that hill, and is therefore almost as good as a 
species new to Perthshire. 
Our last day was spent on Craig Mhor, another hill at the head of 
Glenlochay, which also yielded a number of interesting plants, Juncus 
casta?ieus being particularly abundant on it. We purposed having 
another day on Ben Lawers, but the weather turned out so bad that 
we had reluctantly to give up the idea. Amongst the species observed 
during the excursion, I may enumerate the following :— Draba 
rupestris, Arenaria veriia (a very rare species in Perthshire), A. 
sulcata , Sagina nivalis , Dry as octopctala , Saxifraga cernua , S. nivalis , 
Galium sylvestre , Gentiana nivalis , Myosotis alpestris , Veronica saxa- 
tilis , Bartsia alpina , Salix phylicifolia , A. nigricans , S. lanata , S. 
lapponum , A. Arbuscula, S. myrsinites , A. reticulata , and probably A. 
spuria , Juncus trifidiLS , J. castaneus, and J. biglumis (seen in large 
quantities on several hills), Carex rupestris , C. at rata, C. limosa , C. 
vaginata , C. ustulata , and C. pulla (in great abundance), Kobresia 
caricina , Sesleria ccerulea , IVoodsia hyperborea , Cystopteris mo 7 itana 
(on several of the hills—this plant, which is often rather difficult to 
find, seems to occur on almost all the Breadalbane hills where the 
conditions are suitable, though it has not been recorded for several 
of them), Equisetum pratense , and E. variegatum. A number of 
interesting mosses and some fungi were also gathered, but I will not 
touch on them just now. 
Some of the results of other excursions—official and private— 
I had intended to at least touch upon, but I find that I have dwelt 
so long upon the Breadalbane excursion that it will be better to omit 
doing so, as there are some other matters on which I must speak. 
For the same reason, I shall not go into details of several very in¬ 
teresting additions that have been made to the Museum. Besides, it 
is perhaps just as well that something should be left as subjects for 
short notes at our other meetings. Our tendency has been too much 
in the direction of having one or two long papers at each meeting, 
whereas much that is both of interest and value can be communicated 
in the form of short notes, which need not necessarily find a place in 
the printed syllabus, but which we shall always be glad to get. 
One very important matter, for which I must ask your attention 
to-night, is that of the publications of the Society. As you will have 
learnt from the minutes, this is a subject that has engaged the serious 
consideration of the Council, since it has been found necessary to 
make arrangements, other than those heretofore in force, for the 
printing of our Proceedi?igs. That it is necessary that some plan be 
adopted, the following extract from a Report drawn up by the Editor 
will show :— 
“ It seems to be perfectly necessary, if we are to maintain our 
position as a scientific society, to publish the results of our work in 
some permanent form. This is recognised by the British Association 
in making it a sine qua non that no society shall be associated with it 
which does not do so. If, therefore, we discontinued the publication 
of Fj'oceediftgs , we should cease to be correspondents of the British 
Association. The main reason of our existence as a society is, or 
should be, the promotion of the cause of science, and after that, as a 
