CANADA 429 



NATIONAL SOCIETIES. 



Botanical Club of Canada. 



Address. General Secretary-treasurer: A. H. MacKay, Halifax, Nova 



Scotia. 

 History. Organized in May 1891* by Section IV of the Royal Society 



of Canada. Subordinate local clubs in the different provinces. 



Object. To promote by concerted local efforts and otherwise the exploration of 

 the flora of every portion of British America, to publish complete lists of the 

 same in local papers as the work goes on, to have these lists collected and 

 carefully examined in order to arrive at a correct knowledge of the precise 

 character of this flora and its geographical distribution and to carry on sys- 

 tematically seasonal observations on botanical phenomena. 



Meetings. Annual meeting of the general society at time and place of Royal Society's 

 meeting. Meetings of the local clubs vary according to local conditions. 



Membership. Annual dues, 25c. ($i for 5 years) ; life membership, $5. Additional 

 local dues under control of local clubs. 



Publications. 



Phenological observations . . . comp. by A. H. MacKay, 1892-1905. 8. 

 1892-1904, in Proceedings and transactions of the Nova Scotian institute of 

 science, v. 8-n; 1894-1905, in Proceedings and transactions of the Royal 

 society of Canada, 2d ser. v. I-XII. 

 Also issued as separates. 



Reports published annually since 1892 in Royal society of Canada. Pro- 

 ceedings and transactions. 

 Distribution. Separates exchanged. 



Canadian Forestry Association. 



Address. Ottawa. Secretary-Treasurer: R. H. Campbell. 

 History. Organized Mar. 8, 1900. 



Object. Preservation of the forests for their influence on climate, fertility and 

 water-supply; exploration of the public domain and reservation for timber pro- 

 duction of lands unsuited for agriculture; promotion of judicious methods in 

 dealing with forests and woodlands ; re-afforestation where advisable ; tree plant- 

 ing on the plains and on streets and highways ; collection and dissemination of 

 information bearing on the forestry problem in general. 



Meetings. Annually on 2d Thursday in Mar. in the city of Ottawa ; special meetings 

 at such times and places as the Executive may decide. 



Membership. 1150 ordinary (annual dues, $i) ; 65 life ($10). 



2 earlier botanical societies existed in Canada (i) Botanical Society of Montreal, 

 founded 1855 and dissolved 1858 (ii) Botanical Society of Canada, organized in Kings- 

 ton, Ont., Dec. 7, 1860. Publ.: Annals . . . v. I, pt. 1-3, Dec. 1860- Feb. 1862. Kingston, 

 1861-62. 4. Cf. Penhallow, D. P. Review of Canadian botany from 1800 to 1895, 

 pt. II. (In Roy. Soc. of Canada, Proc. and Trans., 2d ser. v. 3, 1897. Trans. Sec- 

 tion IV, p. 17-19.) 



