75 

 KEPORT OF THE BOTANICAL BRANCH. 



To the Council of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club : 



The same plan of work, found so successful in former years, has 

 been adhered to during the past season with quite satisfjictory results. 

 The attendance of botanists at the sub-excursions has been particu- 

 larly gratifying to the leaders, and there is a decided increase in the 

 amount of individual work being done by members. The Flora of the 

 district is now pi-etty well worked up and the number of additions to 

 the *' Flora Ottawaensis " is smaller than usual. The leaders desire to 

 call the attention of the Council to this list which was prepared 

 by Mr. Fletcher for Part I. of our Transactions, and would suggest 

 that, as most of the plants in the district have probably now been dis- 

 covered, the time has arrived for a more complete list to be issued, 

 in which all the additions of subsequent years should be included as 

 well as the special localities and the period of inflorescence of each 

 species. We hope that the Council will be able to order such a republi- 

 cation as a supplement to our present Transactions. 



We think it well in the interests of the Club to mention the im- 

 portant work done by some of our members in connection with the 

 Colonial and Indian Exhibition, held in London, England, during the 

 past summer. Our worthy President, Prof. Macoun, the Dominion 

 Botanist, spent the whole summer in England, where he was able, by 

 lecturing and in conversation at the Exhibition, to disseminate very 

 valuable information concerning Canada and its natural products. To 

 Mr. James Fletcher, one of tue active members of this branch, was 

 entrusted the laying out and arrangement of a Botanical Garden in 

 connection with the Exhibition, where were shown growing specimens 

 of a large number of our Canadian plants. A good representative 

 collection was made of our forest trees, and plants of special interest, 

 whether economic, medicinal or scientific, were shown. In making the 

 collection of roots Mr. Fletcher was materially assisted in his work by 

 several members of the Club, particularly by Mr. H. M. Ami, of this 

 city, and Rev. G. W. Taylor, of Victoria, B.C. It is gratifying to see 

 from the report of the High Commissioner of Canada that this garden 



