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7. Mother Nature and Her Boys. An Institute that brings 

 them together. G. J. Atkinson. 



8. The School Garden and the Country School. Geo. D. 

 Fuller. 



In all, some 30 articles on Nature Study have appeared in 

 The Ottawa Naturalist during the past three years. They are 

 of a popular and decidedly practical nature, and have added much 

 valuable material to the current literature on this subject. The 

 papers published during the past year have all been contributed 

 by scientists and educationists actively engaged in working out 

 the best courses and methods in Nature Study. 5,500 of each of 

 these papers have been printed in pamphlet form and distributed 

 thoughout Canada ; 2,200 of these go to the teachers of Toronto, 

 500 to the Macdonald Institute of Guelph for use in the Nature 

 Study Department of the Ontario Agricultural College, and 1,000 

 to Dr. Robertson, 500 of which are distributed among his Nature 

 Study Instructors in various centres. 



Reports of Branches. 



Reports showing the work done throughout the year by the 

 various branches have been read before the Club. The report 

 of the Geological Branch has been printed in The Ottawa 

 Naturalist, and the other reports will appear at an early date. 

 Most of the branches are now holding fortnightly or monthly 

 meetings at the homes of the members for the purpose of discuss- 

 ing subjects of especial interest to the respective branches. 



Entomological Branch. 



The members of the Entomological Branch have made some 

 notable additions to the local lists during the past summer. 

 Mr. Arthur Gibson made, on July 6, the catch of the year, a per- 

 fect specimen of the very rare and local moth Hepialus thule, 

 Strkr. Up to the present time this is the only specimen which is 

 known with certainty to have been taken at any other place than 

 Montreal, from which locality the species was originally described 

 and where a few specimens are taken yearly. Mr. C. H. Young 

 has continued his studies of the micro-lepidoptera and has added 

 many new species to the Canadian fauna. All of these have been 



