1902] Annual Report. 105 



It is )5roposed to complete the publication of Dr. Fletcher's 

 Flora Ottaivaensis this spring. The Carices and grasses have 

 now been thoroughly worked up and nothing remains but to get 

 the manuscript ready for the printer. The list will be a very com- 

 plete one, as both Dr. Fletcher and Prof. Macoun have made a 

 special study of these orders during recent years. 



Several members of the Club did good botanical work in 

 remote regions during the year. Mr. Dowling brought home a 

 collection from Equan River and Mr. Wilson from Abitibi River. 

 Dr. Fletcher collected on Mount Che-am and Mount Arrowsmith 

 and in other parfs of British Columbia. Mr. J. M. Macoun made 

 a thorough examination of the flora of the Chilliwack Valley, B.C., 

 and has added about fifty species to the Canadian flora, most of 

 them new to science. Prof. Macoun made very large collections 

 in south-western Ontario, and added many species to our flora. 

 Two species new to science have already been described from his 

 collection a Heleniuin and a Venionia and there are several 

 still to be described. 



In conclusion, the botanical leaders would urge upon the 

 members of the Club the necessity of a careful study of the local 

 flora. The plants of this region are supposed to be well known ; 

 but so many of the supposed species have been found to include 

 two or more species that growing specimens of even the com- 

 monest of them should be examined and compared with the 

 description. The Rosaceae, the Umbelliferfe and the Ranun- 

 culaceaj are especially worthy ot study. The recently published 

 " Manual of the Flora of the United .States and Canada " by Dr. 

 N. L. Britton is the only book in which descriptions of all the new 

 eastern American species can be found. 



J. M. Macoun. 

 Cephas Guillet. 

 D. A. Campbell. 

 A. E. Atwood. 



