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able suggestion : " Would it not be a good plan to set apart a portion 

 of this park tor an aboretum with the modest intention at first of plant- 

 ing there the trees and shrubs of New Brunswick?" He estimates this 

 could be accomplished in two or three years, and points out that part of 

 the land secured is admirably adapted for the purpose, giving a fertile 

 piece of meadow, a swamp and rocky ground. This plan would give 

 the park a practical value in the eyes of manufacturers, and would 

 interest all classes ; but its chief value would be from an educational 

 standpoint. Students from the public schools could be taken there and 

 receive practical instruction in forestry and botany. Mr. Hay concludes 

 his letter as follows : " After the New Brunswick arboretum has become 

 an accomplished fact, there might be added trees and shrubs from the 

 same latitude in North America, Europe and Asia, such as may now be 

 seen growing at the Experimental Farm, Ottawa. These would be 

 valuable for comparison, and would serve to illustrate what trees valuable 

 for industrial purposes could be transplanted with profit in this province. 



We heartily approve of Mr. Hay's excellent suggestion and trust 

 that he will be able to induce the local authorities to act upon it. We 

 feel sure that the Botanical section of this Club will be pleased to do 

 anything in their power in the way of helping with seeds and specimens, 

 as many plants are common to both New Brunswich and Ontario. J.F. 



Contributions from Herbarium of Geoe. Survey of Canada. 

 Can. Rec. Sc, Part I, January, 1894; Ibid. Part II, April, 1894. Montreal. 

 (Extras.) James M. Macoun. We have just received the two parts of the 

 above. They contain four and twelve pages, respectively, of piinted matter 

 giving interesting notes on the mode of occurrence and g geographical 

 distribution of the species which have been added to the "Flora of 

 Canada " since the publication of Part V "Catalogue of Canadian 

 Plants" by Prof. John Macoun. 



Not a few species and varieties have been discovered that have 

 proved new to science. We are exceedingly pleased to see these and 

 welcome their publication. The nature of these contrinutions is pre- 

 cisely in line with that whi< h the members of the Council of the Ottawa 

 Field Naturalists' Club have been desirous to publish in the Oitawa 

 Naturalist. More of such contributions to Natural Science field 

 work are needed. H. M. A 



