1913] The Ottawa Naturalist. 9 



On October 5th an excursion was held to the Experimental 

 Farm, but, owing perhaps to the lateness of the date, only a 

 small number of members attended . And the following Saturday 

 a small but very enthusiastic party did some explorations near 

 MacKay's Lake. It would seem that if the attempt to revive 

 fall excursions is to be successful they must be arranged for 

 dates a little earlier in the season. 



Lectures Committee. 



During the winter season five public lectures were held, 

 all of which were well attended. All of the lectures were held 

 in the Assembly Hall of the Normal School. 



The following printed programme was carried out : 

 November 29, 1912 "School Gardens as a Factor in Education," 



Prof. H. L. Hutt, B.S.A., Professor of Horticulture and 



Landscape Gardening, Ontario Agricultural College, 



Guelph, Ont. 

 December 10th, 1912 ''Short Talks on Local Natural History," 



by members of the Club.* 



January 28th, 1913 "Modern Museum Work for the Scientist, 

 the Teacher and the Public," Mr. Harlan I. Smith, 

 Archaeologist, Geological Survey, Ottawa. 



February 11th, 1913 "Heredity: Its Meaning and Application," 

 C. Gordon Hewitt, D.Sc, Dominion Entomologist, Central 

 Experimental Farm, Ottawa. 



Februarv 2 5th "Some Conditions of Progress in the Plant 

 World," Prof. W. T. MacClement, D.Sc, Professor of 

 Botany, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. 



March 18th, 1913 Annual Meeting. President's Address. 

 L. H. Newman, B.S.A., Secretary, Canadian Seed Growers' 

 Association, Ottawa. (Carnegie Library). 



In addition to these there was one lecture in the spring, 

 shortly after the last annual meeting. It was delivered by 

 Mr. Christian Leden,on the Esquimaux, and was illustrated by 

 views, and also by phonographic reproductions of their weird 

 music. 



*At the meeting on December 10th, the following members took 

 part: J. W. Gibson, "On some Problems in Animal Ecology, with special 

 reference to Insects"; (2) J. W. Eastham, "The Life History of a Slime 

 Mould, and Notes on some Ottawa species"; (3) E. E. Lemieux, "Notes 

 from Blueberry Point, and Observations on Fish and Game on the Pete- 

 wawa"; (4) J. M. Swaina, "Some Forest Insects in Clark's Bush"; (5) 

 F. E. Buck, "The Rose". 



