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Transactions & Proceedings of The PROCEEDINGS OF THE Perthshire Society of Natural Science. · PROCEEDINGS OF THE PERTHSHIRE SocIETY OF NATURAL ScIENCE VOLUME VIII. PERTH: PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY, AT THE PERTHSHIRE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM. f930. "PERTHSHIRE .ADVERTISER," 36 TAY STREET, PERTH. INDEX ¦ CO TE TS. page n Subject Index, 5 Species moke Specially Noted, 6 Repobts o Excu sions, 6 > Obituaby Notices, 6 Titles oe Papees bead but ot published, 6 Index to Contbibutobs, 7 SUBJECT INDEX. Children s Essay Competition, Prize List, ... xii, xxi , xxxiv, liv, Ivii, Ixx, Ix i C ildren s Dr wing Competition, ... ... ... ... ... Ixvii, Ix iii Conversazione, 20th October, 1928, ... ... ... ... • ... ... Ixi E cursions Arranged, Lists of, ... ... xii, xxiii, x iii, xliii, Iv, Ix Horticultural Society, Joint Meeting ith the, ... ... ... ... li Membership, Additions to Roll of, ... ... xxvi, x vi, xlvii, Ivi, Ixxvii Meteorological Observations, Abstracts of, ... v, xxviii, xx viii, li , lx, I vi McIntosh Memorial Fund, The Charles, xxi, xvii, xxxii, xx vii, xlviii, lix, Ix v Office-Bearers, Election of, ... ... ... viii, viii, x x, xl, hi, Ixvi Photographic Federation, Scottish, ... ... ... xi, xxiii, xxxiii, Ixvi Publication Endowment Fund, ... liii, lix, Ixxv Reports of Council, Annual, ... ix, xx, x xi, xl, lii, Ixvii Reports of Editor, Annual, ... ... ... xxii, xx ii, xlii, liv, Ix Reports of Librarian, Annual ... x, xxi, xxxii, xii, liii, Ixix Reports of Treasurer, Annual,... xiv, xxvii, xxxvii, xlviii, Iviii, lix, Ixxiv Ste art, Presentation of Portrait of the late Mr. James, xlh 6 INDEX. SPECIES MORE SPECIALLY NOTED. PAGE atrachospermum moniliforme,... ... ... ... ... ... ... xix Bos rimigenius, ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... iv Perfoliate Honeysuckle, Lonicera caprifoliurn, ... ... ... ... ix REPORTS O EXCURSIONS. Castle Campbell, Dollar, vi Den of Airlie, ... ... ... ... ... ... v Dunfermline and Lochore, vii Crlenfarg, xix ewburgh, ... ir OBITUARY NOTICES. Kidston, LL.D., D.Sc., E.R.S., E.G.S., Robert, ... ... ... ... xviii Ritchie, LL.B., John, ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ii TITLES OE PAPERS READ BUT NOT PUBLISHED. Across the Arctic to Spitzbergen, ix cross France to the Pyrenees, xvii daptations of Animals, So e, xxi Adventures Entomological, li Bleaching, The History of, Ixvi East Africa, with particular reference to Uganda, I i INDEX. 7 I AGE Egypt, ii Flowering Shrubs, li Fl amily of Local Interest, A, xvii Garden of Eden, The, ... xii General W de s Ro ds, ... xvii He ring, nd Ho to Preserve It, li How Plants Grow, ... ... ... ... ... xl Meteorological Notes at Bengal, India, Ixvi Mysteries of Atomic Structure, The, ... i Rambles around Breadalbane, ... xxxix Refrigeration as a Safeguard to Public Hygiene, ... lii Re ort on Summer Excursion to Edinburgh, Ixvi Report on Summer Excursion to Kenmore, xlii Report on Summer Excursion to Loch Le en, ... xlxxx Report on Summer Excursion to Tentsmuir, Ixvi St. Kilda : Its People and Scenery, Ixv Some Saints : Their Symbols and Stories, ... xxix Story of a Printing Block, The, ... xxix Through the Grecian Archipelago, by Land, Sea and Air, viii Tibet, i Trend of Modern Science, The, xvii Visit to the Scottish Zoo, , ... I Water, ii Wireless, ... Iv CO TRIBUTORS. Allan, H.Sc., Douglas, ... ix Allen, M.A., D.Sc., Professor H. Stanley, i Angus, M.A., B.Sc., James, Ixvi Asher, A.R.S.I., Willia , ii Baxter, Peter, v 8 INDEX. PAGE Campbell, Archib ld, ... ... ... ... ... ••• xxix Eckersley, Captain, ... ... ... ••• ••• ••• illies, Rev. William, ... ... ... ... ... ••• ••• xxxix raham, D.Sc., E.R.S.E., Robert, ... ... ... ... ... ••• xii, l Harley, A., ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ••• h Love, Dr. James Kerr, ... ... ... ... ... ••• ••• ••• h Mathieson, E.R.S.E., E.R.S.G.S., John, ... ... ... ... xvii, I v Mercer, Major, ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ••• ••• Miller, H., x ix Moffat, Dr. P. 0., xvii McLaren, E.S.A. Scot., Thomas, ... ... ... ••• iij iv, vii, xix Peacock, D.Sc., F.R.S.C., Professor A. D., ... ... ... ... ... li Ritchie, E.R.A.I., John, ... ... ... ... ... ••• ••• x iii Smart, Miss, ... • ... ... ... ... ... ... ••• ••• i Stewart, James, ... ... ... ... ... ... ••• ••• x n Sutherland, M.A., B.Sc., Miss C. H.,... ... ... ... ••• xvii Toplis, L. G., lii Watson, C. B. Boog, ... ... ... ... ... ... ••• ••• ix WebL, Philip H., M.Sc., ... Ixvi Winter, James, ... ... ... ... ... ... vi PROCEEDINGS OF THE PERTHSHIRE SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCE. WINTER SESSION, 1923-24. gth November, 1923. George F. Bates, B.A., B.Sc., President, in the Chair. A lecture, entitled Tibet, was g ven by Miss Smart. The lecture was illustrated by lantern islides. 30th November, 1923. George F. Bates, B.A., B.Sc., President, in the Chair. A special lecture, entitled The Mysteries of Atomic Structure, was given by Professor H. Stanley Allen, M.A., D.Sc., St Andrews. The lecture was illustrated by lantern slides and models. II. PROCEEDINGS PERTHSHIRE SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCE. 14th December, 1923. George F. Bat s, B.A., B.Sc., President, in the Chair. A lecture, entitled Egypt, was g ven by Major Mercer. The lecture was illustrated by lantern slides. 21 st December, 1923. George F. Bates, B.A., B.Sc., President, in the Chair. A special lecture, entitled Water, was given by William Asher, A.R.S.I. The lecture was illustrated by lantern slides. th January, 1924. George F. Bates, B.A., B.Sc., President, in the Chair. The President spoke of the late William Barclay, F.E.I.S., .L.S. (See Transactions Vol. VIII., Part I., pa e 1). Referrin to the late John Ritchie, M.A., LL.B., Mr. M Laren said : The Society during the past session has to mourn the loss of more than one of its honoured and respected members; and it is with feelings of the deepest regret that I refer to the death of Mr. John Ritchie, LL.B., Sheriff Clerk of Perthshire. Mr. Ritchie was a entleman of many interests. The Law and the Church, societies literary, philanthropic, architectural and ntiquarian, claimed his attention. The community and this Society in particular ourn their loss. PROCEEDINGS PERTHSHIRE SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCE. iii. He became a member of the P.S.N.S. in 1893 anc during these thirty years he contributed many articles which enhance our Pro¬ ceedings. On several occasions he deli hted large audiences in this hall by special lectures on architectural subjects, and these were marked by the enthusiasm he showed in the study of such atters. Fe eminent church architects have visited more cclesiastical edifices at home and on the Continent than Mr. Ritchie, and it was recognised in the profession that he had the Fnest collection of photo raphs illustrative of the subject in Britain. Our Society to-day benefits to a great extent by the work and material he so generously bequeathed to the Museum. Those of us who came more directly in contact with Mr. Ritchie feel, in his passing, that we have lost a most sincere friend. He was a man of ood will and his ork amongst us was always conducted in a spirit of kindliness and helpfulness. He as keenly interested in everything that pertained to the plifting and beautifying of his native city. In the restoration of St. John s Church he took an especial interest. Many of us are unaware of the long- periods he spent in carefully photographin every part of the edifice so that invaluable records of the building ight be reserved. The Committee in charge of this important work have sustained a grievous loss in being deprived of so accomplished a secretary. We have obtained, as a result of his mountaineering attain¬ ments, the interesting chart on Corsiehill, nd the helpful notes on Filltops given from tim to time to the Society. He was thorough and painstaking to a degree in everythin he ¦dealt ith, old or new. On his work in the social life of the community I need not well, further than remark that in this sphere no man was more ibeloved for his geniality and uprightness. Those of us who kne him intimately and had the pleasure of accompanying him on excursions into the country, or in the reading up and study of some particular subject, have very pleasant memories of uch associations. The Society and the community generally can ill afford to lose one who continually gave of his best towards the uplift of his fellow men. As a token of the respect in which we held our departed friends, r. Barclay and Mr. Ritchie, I suggest that the members present .should stand and remain silent for a brief space. IV. PROCEEDINGS PERTHSHIRE SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCE. Reports on Summer Excursions, 1923, were read. Mr. M'Laren described the excursion to Newburgh as follows : On the 28th April a party numbering over fifteen travelled to Newbur h. The ruined Abbey of Lindores was visited and what remains of the building examined. It was founded in 1144 a.d. by the Earl of Huntingdon, brother of William the Lion and the hero of the T lisman of Sir alter Scott. The best preserved part is the groined arch of the porch at the entrance to the Abbey. The buildin s are of sandstone. This was procured from a quarry one mile distant and conveyed to the site along a canal which is now filled up. In the Abbey grounds in the time of Dr. Sibbald the e stood a pear tree girthing 18 feet and said by him to be over 400 years old. In the river bank opposite Lindores two du -outs or canoes were found about 1816. They were about 28 feet long. At Mug drum a skull of the great ox, Bos primigenius, was dis¬ covered. East of the Abbey is Black Earnside where Wallace defeated the English in 1296. The party then traversed the burnside to Mares Craig Quarry where different exposures of rock were ex mined. Several quartz, crystals ith inclusions were noted. On leavin the quarry the path ay to the east was taken,, which led to the old fashioned village of Remilton. The quaint thatched cotta es ith their old world gardens ere commented upon.
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