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3. "Reports of Field Work," presented at the home of Mr. 

 R. B. Whyte. 



4. "Some of the best Native Plants for Cultivation," by 

 Mr. W. T. Macoun. 



5. "The Formation of Peat Bogs," by Mr. J. M. Macoun. 



6. "The Trees of the Ottawa Valley," by Prof. John 

 Macoun. 



7. "The Value of Seeds as a Means of Identifying Plants," 

 by Mr. G. Michaud. 



8. "The Correlation of Characters in Plants, and its 

 Economic Importance to Plant Breeders," by Mr. L. H. 

 Newman. 



9. "Some Herbaceous Perennials at the Experimental 

 Farm," by Mr. W. T. Macoun. 



The Entomological Branch. 



The Entomological Branch has had a fairly active year. 

 Unfortunately, as yet, only one evening meeting has been held 

 during the winter, bu.t it is hoped to hold others before the 

 spring work begins. During the summer of 1909, the local 

 members of the Branch did considerable collecting, many interest- 

 ing species being met with, some of which are new records for 

 the district. Many insects too were collected in other districts 

 far distant from Ottawa, by some of the local members. Mr. 

 C. H. Young, while assisting Prof. Macoun, at Departure Bay 

 and Ucluelet, B.C., found timeto collect many species of interest. 

 Mr. Andrew Halkett made a small collection in Nova Scotia, 

 Mr. D. H. Nelles collected in the vicinity of Stewart River, 

 Yukon Territory, and Mr. Arthur Gibson brought back many 

 specimens from Prince Edward Island. 



The Zoological Branch. 



The most interesting event of the year was the meeting at 

 Winnipeg, Man., of the British Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science. Some members of the Branch attended the 

 meeting and exchanged notes with eminent visiting zoologists. 

 A section of the Association, conducted by Prof. Prince, visited 

 the Biological Station at Departure Bay, the curator of this 

 station being the Rev. Geo. W. Taylor, a member of this Club. 



Mr. A. Halkett, after spending the summer months in Nova 

 Scotia investigating the life-history of the lobster, Homarus 

 americanus , visited New Westminster, B.C., where he had charge 

 of an exhibit showing the hatching of the eggs of Pacific 

 Salmonoids. 



Prof. John Macoun, assisted by Mr. C. H. Young, made 



