Address ry the President of the O.F.N.C. 197 



In a hurried compilation of the flora of Ontario I have enumerated 

 1633 species of flowering plants and ferns as being found within the 

 borders of the province and the tabulated statement below shows the 

 numerical relation between the plants of Ottawa and its vicinity and 

 the Province of Ontario. It is not pretended that all the species in 

 either region is givtn but the estimates ore under, not above, the actual 

 number. The Ottawa destrict is intended to included an area of 30 

 miles around Ottawa. 



TOTAL NUMBER OF ONTARIO. OTTAWA. 



Species x 633 968 



Herbaceous Plants !49 821 



Shrubs 139 96 



Trees 85 51 



In future numbers of the Naturalist notes on critical species and 

 the results of some of our studies will be printed, and Western Quebec 

 will, on -account of its close proximity to Ottawa, be also confidered. 



ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE OTTAWA FIELD 

 NATURALISTS' CLUB MR. FRANK T. SHUTT,M.A.,F.I.C.,F.C.S. 



At the Conversazione held in the Assembly Hall of the Normal 



School, 26th Nov., 1895. 



Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen. 



We decided and I think wisely that this the first evening of our winter 

 programme should take the form of a conversazione : an occasion when ample 

 opportunity would be afforded our members for friendly intercourse and the 

 consideration and enjoyment of the many and varied objects of Natural History 

 displayed. It is not my intention therefore to speak at any length to-night. In the 

 few words I have to say, however, it is my wish, with your permission, to bring 

 before you the objects and functions of the Society of which I have the honour to be 

 president The Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club pointing out the advantages 

 to be derived by those members who take a real interest in her work and asking you 

 to consider the claims which our Society, as an educational institution, has upon the 

 citizens of Ottawa. 



The principal object of the Club is, I take it, to inculcate a greater love for and 

 interest in Nature as she is manifested in the plant and animals about us, fostering a 



