1914] The Ottawa Naturalist. 143 



tissue to another in the leaf of Mimosa (Sensitive Plant) when 

 this leaf responds by its phenomenal movement to the touch of 

 a foreign object. He stated that under the ordinary method of 

 fixing, these ramifications are dissolved by the alcohol and the 

 nucleus is represented in a spherical form quite different from 

 its shape in natural life. To overcome this difficulty and fix 

 nuclei as in their natural state, Dr. Malte gave the following 

 method: Treat the specimen from 10 seconds to H minutes in 

 fumes of Osmic acid (10 per cent.) ; then a few minutes in 10, 20, 

 30, 40, 50 per cent, alcohol respectively. Keep in 60 per cent, 

 alcohol 24 hours and then proceed to absolute alcohol as usual., 



J. R- F. 



January 3rd, 1914, at the home of Mr. G. H. Clark, the 

 following members being present : G. H. Clark, R. B. Whvte, 

 W. T. Macoun, J. M. Macoun, A. Eastham, J. Dickson; E." D. 

 Eddy, H. A. Honeyman, J. H. Grisdale, T. W. Dwight, L. H. 

 Newman, N. Criddle, A. E. Attwood, J. R. Fryer.. 



Mr. G. H. Clark led in a discussion of the clay belt of New 

 Ontario. A large number of interesting photographs, showing 

 the character of the country along the right of way of the 

 National Transcontinental Railway, which had been made avail- 

 able for the evening by Mr. D. MacPherson, of the National 

 Transcontinental Railway Commission Staff, and also a collec- 

 tion of photographs showing progress in clearing and cropping 

 in the Temiskaming district and north, which had been loaned 

 by G. A. Galbraith, district representative for agriculture of 

 New Liskeard, proved to be of special interest. Mr. Clark, in 

 company with the Director of the Dominion Experimental 

 Farms, spent ten days traversing the clay belt along the new 

 railwav lines. Of the 275 miles covered, from Abitibi westward, 

 only 14 per cent, was considered as useless for agriculture. An 

 additional 26 per cent, was relatively flat, covered with black 

 spruce and poorly drained naturally. The balance, 60 per cent., 

 as viewed along the right of way, was rated 21 per cent, excellent, 

 39 good, from the viewpoint of the settler. Limitations as to 

 kinds of crops, because of the northerly climate, formed a con- 

 siderable part of the discussion. It was thought that the 

 information at present available w r as not to be considered reliable, 

 and that as the forest is cleared away the length of the season 

 will be much extended, as was the case in Old Ontario. Particular 

 mention was made of the luxurious growth of grasses and clovers, 

 as seen under agricultural conditions in the few settled localities 

 near Cochrane and south, and around the construction camps to 

 the west. 





