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on the Farm, and then the entire party assembled at the Director's 

 house for the addresses which had been announced. Besides those who 

 had arrived in the vans, several had subsequently come, making in all 

 sixty members and friends. There were besides Professor and Mrs. 

 Saunders and the members of their fiunily ; Col. Blair, who will conduct 

 the Experimental Farm in Nova Scotia, and Mr. Gibb, of Abbots- 

 ford, well-known throughout Canada as a most successful fruit-grower. 

 The President, Mr. R. B. Whyte, stated the pleasure it afforded him to 

 see such a good attendance at the sub-excursion, and, for the benefit of 

 those who were not regular attendants, he explained the object of these 

 " outings," and the useful work accomplished by them. Before calling 

 on the leaders for the usual lectures on the collections, he took much 

 pleasure in announcing that word had been received only that day that 

 one of their members then present had been the 'recipient of a well 

 deserved honoitr, and should be known to thern hereatter as Sir James 

 A. Grant. This gentleman, in addition to his eminent standing in his 

 profession that of medicine Lad a wide reputation as a scientific 

 man, and especially as a geologist. He had ever been a promoter of 

 scientific knowledge in Ot^^awa, and his connection with the Ottawa 

 Field-Natui-alists' Club showed that he still desired t) be identified 

 with the work. The announcement of this distinction was hailed with 

 much pleasure by all present. Mr. Ami then gave a brief outline of 

 the geological formations of the immediate neighbourhood, explaining 

 that they might be divided into two series of three each. He described 

 the geological ages to which these belonged, and pointed out where they 

 occurred. Specimens of several interesting fossils where exhibited, 

 which had been obtained at the quarry mentioned. Mr. Harrington 

 regretted that it fell to his lot. to discuss the insects when the 

 Director of the Farm was so much better qualified to do justice to the 

 subject, he having been for many years President of the Entomological 

 Society. It was an unfortunate fact that the Club numbered so few 

 members giving any attention to entomology, and this made it very 

 difficult to speak on insects so as to interest those present. Specimens 

 of galls made by insects belonging to various orders were exhibited, and 

 attention was called to the very interesting results which followed the 

 deposition of the egg in the growing plant, whereby its forces were so 



