1910] The Ottawa Naturalist. 23 



SPRING EXCURSIONS. 



At a meeting of the Excursions Committee held on the 5th 

 inst., the following Spring sub-excursions were decided upon: 

 April 16th RockcHffe. 

 April 23rd Britannia. 

 April 30th Billings' Bridge. 

 May 7th Blueberry Point, near Aylmer. 

 May 14th Beaver Meadow, near Hull. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



Editor, Ottawa Naturalist, 



Not having a photo I send a rough pencil sketch of a freak 

 of nature in the shape of two cedar trees (Thttja gigantea) 

 naturally grafted together on the property of my brother, Mr. 

 A. B. Anderson, wSouth Saanich, B.C., the like of which I have 

 never previously experienced in all my travels through the 

 forests of Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. The butts 

 of the original trees are about 15 feet apart and the point of 

 junction T judge to be about 18 feet from the ground; the size 

 of the butts being respectively about 2 and 3 feet in diameter. 

 Apparently the larger tree had fallen over (probably in vouth) 

 on to the smaller and presumably by continual friction had 

 effected a junction; the larger tree then taking precedence and 

 forming the head, the top of the smaller being eventually forced 

 out of place.' 



This is not a case of a tree having grown on the trunk of a 

 fallen tree and the roots thus forming an arch after the dis- 

 appearance of the dead trunk, as is frequently the case, as can 

 easily be seen by the distance of the trunks from each other and 

 the height at which the junction is effected. 



It would be interesting to learn whether any of your readers 

 know of a similar case. 



J. R. Anderson. Victoria. B.C. 



MEETING OF THE BOTANICAL BRANCH. 



The ninth meeting of tlTe Botanical Branch was held at the 

 home of Mr. W. T. Macoun, Experimental Farm, on March 5th, 

 1910. There were present, in addition to the Chairman, Messrs. 

 G. H. Clark, R. B. Whyte. L. H. Newman, H. Groh, A. E. 

 Attwood, W. H. Harrington, Dr. Blackader, and Prof. J. 

 Macoun. The subject chosen for the evening was "Hardy 

 Herbaceous Plants," with especial reference to the habitats of the 



