PROCEEDINGS—PERTHSHIRE SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCE, xlvii 
plan to have a perfect collection of the plants of each parish, and, 
as example is better than precept, I will, in the course of the coming 
summer, im 'ertake the parish of Kinnoull, if other botanists in the 
Society will promise to do the same for other parishes. 
In connection with the investigation, not only of our Flora, but 
also of the Fauna, I have long been of opinion that a better method 
exploring the less accessible hills is much needed. To reach the 
base even of some of these hills requires a long journey on foot, 
which has to be repeated in the evening. Consequently the investi¬ 
gation is often a superficial one, and we know from experience in 
such limited areas as the Woody Island, Kinnoull Hill, &c., how 
plants escape notice even under more favourable circumstances. 
What is required for the more careful and minute investigation of 
the hills is some means by which fatigue can be lessened and time 
saved, and I think it would be well if the Society, in planning its 
excursions, could devise some arrangement by which a small party 
could camp out for some days in some well-selected spot. I am con¬ 
fident that the result would be beneficial both to our knowledge of 
the Flora and Fauna and to our collections in the Museum. 
nth April, 1889. 
F. Buchanan White, M.D., F.L.S., F.E.S., President, 
in the Chair. 
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Miss Stewart Sandeman, Stanley; Edward Campbell; John 
Wood, junior; Thomas Mill, New Scone; J. Chisholm, LL.B., 
Edinburgh; Alexander Taylor; J. D. Lumsden, Huntingtower; 
A. Ferguson, Coupar-Angus ; J. L. Stirling; T. Bourke; A Hodge; 
W. Frew; R. C. Ferguson; Dr. B. Laing, Bridge of Earn; J. 
Robertson; W. Boyd; A. Boyd; R. Gillespie; W. Macdonald, 
senior, and W. Macdonald, junior, Woodlands, were elected Ordinary 
Members. 
The following donations were intimated ;— 
Museum — Perthshire Collection. — Perthshire Plants—from Mr. 
R. H. Meidrum. 
The following papers were read ;— 
1. “On the Arrangement of the Perthshire Geological Collection 
in the Museum 
(1) “The Rock Specimens.” By H. Coates, F.R.P.S. (See Trans. , 
Yol. I., p. 105.) 
(2) “The Minerals.” By P. Macnair. (See Trans ., Yol. I., p. no.) 
2 . 
“ “Sea Waves and Drift.” By R. Brown, F.E., R.N. 
