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was a decided success, and those who visited the exhibition pronounced 

 it a very interesting feature of the Canadian Exhibit. 



We consider it our duty to refer to the valuable woi-k which has 

 been done for the Club by Mr. E. B. Whyte, our senior leader, who^ 

 from April to June, gave a systematic course of instruction in Botany 

 to a large class in the Central School West. We believe that in no 

 way will the Club be made more useful and popular than in action 

 similar to this. 



Of the plants added to the list during the past season none are of 

 very special interest. New localities for already recorded species have 

 been noted, and add much to our knowledge of the district. 'Bidens 

 Bechii, a plant which seldom flowers freely, this season perfected ^its 

 flowers in profusion in many of our waters, as Brigham's Creek, Hull, 

 and all along the Rideau River. Celtis occidentalis, a tree of rare 

 occurrence here, was observed at Britannia and the Little Chaudiere. 



Bipsacus s'l/lvestris, Mill. " The Wild Teazle," although possibly- 

 indigenous in Western Canada is not so here, and the specimen 

 collected by Mr. Ami in one of our streets was undoubtedly from seed^ 

 accidentally introduced. 



Caucalis daucoides, B. " Beaked Parsley." One specimen of this 

 plant was found in a wheat field where it had probably been introduced 

 with the seed. 



Symplocarpus foetidus, " The Skunk Cabbage," and Podophyllum 

 peltatum, L., " The May Apple," were both found by Mr. R. B. Whyte 

 at Perth, Ont., but this is at too great a distance to be included in our 

 local list. 



The leaders again express a hope that the study of the Mosses may 

 be taken up with greater enthusiasm by our members. There is no 

 branch of Botany which presents a more fruitful field for research, nor 

 in which there is so little trouble in prepaiing the specimens. 



During the past season Mr. Fletcher has continvied his studies in 

 growing from the seed, and cultivating here, plants indigenous to other 

 parts of the Dominion, and has succeeded in flowering the following 

 species in addition to those already mentioned : Silene Drummondii 

 (Nor. -West Ter.), Claytonia 2)er/oliata, Donn. (Brit. Col.), Geranium 

 inrnwrn, Nutt. (B.C.), Bujnnus polyphyllus, Lindl. (B.C.), Fetalostemon 



