1913] The Ottawa Naturalist. v 53 



and himself in the production of a new "Ottawa Flora" and 

 expressed the hope that the Botanical Branch would co-operate 

 in seeking to perfect this work. He believed that each member 

 of the Branch could assist very materially by specializing on a 

 certain genus and in this way bring together information which 

 might be of great value in connection with this work. He also 

 thought that excursions of the Branch might be held to ad- 

 vantage. These excursions were not to take the place of the 

 ordinary excursions of the Club, but would rather be supple- 

 mentary to these. Excursions by a few T persons desiring to do 

 exact work would, in his opinion, contribute most to our present 

 knowledge of the flora of the Ottawa district. The ordinary 

 excursions of the Club are concluded just at a time when special 

 work can be done to best advantage so that there should be no 

 difficulty in arranging for this extra work. 



Mr. Maeoun offered an excellent suggestion to the effect 

 that the meetings of the Botanical Branch should continue until 

 the excursions are finished, a meeting being held on each evening 

 of the Saturday on which the excursion took place. By this 

 arrangement there would be an inducement for members of the 

 Branch to attend the excursions for the purpose of collecting 

 specimens which might be used as a basis for discussion at the 

 evening meeting. As a beginning in this direction Dr. Malte 

 agreed to discuss "The Plants of the Season " at a meeting of the 

 Club on Saturday evening, May 3rd, an excursion of the O.F.N.C. 

 being held on that da v. 



L. H. Newman. 



Held at the home of Mr. R. B. Whyte, Saturday evening, 

 May 3rd, the following being present: Messrs. Whyte, 

 Carter, Attwood, Dwight, R. Campbell, Dymond, Malte, J.' M. 

 Maeoun, Newman. 



An account of the different species and forms of violets 

 growing in the vicinity of Ottawa was on this occasion given by 

 Messrs. Maeoun and Malte. The study of the wild violets to 

 which this spring much attention has been paid by the said 

 gentlemen has proven to be extremely interesting from many a 

 point of view. At the meeting of the Club the members present 

 were given an opportunity to study the characters of the different 

 species on living specimens collected in the field and by the 

 obliging kindness of Mr. R. B. Whyte, kept in pots for the 

 meeting. 



The discussion was opened by Mr. Maeoun, who explained 

 that many species are now recognized which had at first been 

 lumped under one species or variety known as V. cucullata or 



