PROGRAMME FOR WINTER SOIREES, 1900-1901. " 



1900. / 

 Dec. II. — Opening Conversazione. Exhibition of specimens. 



President's Inaiigfural Address, Dr. H. M. Ami, F.R.S.C., etc. 

 Presentation (by the subscribing members of the Club) of a portrait 



in oils of the late E. Billings to the Government of Canada for 



the Geological Survey Museum. 

 On Various Phases of the Forests of Catioda, with lantern illustra- 



1901. tions, by Dr. Robert Bell, F.R.S., etc. 



Jan. 8. — Meeting for conversation, exhibition of specimens and reading of 

 papers. 

 The Rocky Mountains, ivith special Reference to the Crow's Nest 



Pass, by Prof. John Macoun, M.A., F.R.S.C. 

 Observations on the Crow's Nest Pass, by Mr. James McEvoy, B.Sc. 

 Report of the Botanical Branch. 

 Jan. 22. — Meeting for conversation, exhibition of specimens, and reading of 

 papers. 

 Explorations in Baffin Land, with lantern illustrations, by Dr. 



Robert Bell, F.R.S. 

 Oft the Arboretum and Botanic Garden at the Central Experimental 



Farm, Otta^va, by Mr. W. T. Macoun. 

 Some Iron Ore Deposits of the Cambrian and Cafnbro-Silurian of 



Ontario, by Mr. E. D. Ingall, Assoc. R. S. M. 

 Report of the Geological Branch. 

 Feb. 12. — Meeting for conversation, exhibition of specimens, and papers. 



Ancient Channels of the Otta^va River, by Dr. R. W. Ells, F.R.S.C. 

 Some Points in Reference to the Algonqui^i Park, b)' Mr. A. M. 



Campbell. 

 Notes ( I ) On the A utumyi-flowering of various Native Plants in igoo, 



by Mr. C. Guillet. (2) On Mosqtiitoes, by Dr. J. Fletcher. 

 Report of the Ornithological Branch. 

 Feb. 26. — Meeting for conversation, exhibition of specimens and reading of 

 papers. 

 On the Region betrveen the Nelson and Churchill Rivers, by Mr. D. 



B. Dowling, B.Sc. 

 Prehistoric Camping Grounds along the Ottawa River, by Mr. T. W. 



E. Sowter. 

 On Recent Discoveries in the Utica Formation at Ottawa, by Dr. H. 

 M. Ami, F.G.S. 

 Mar. 6. — Meeting for conversation, exhibition of specimens, and papers. 



Fat in the Animal Body, its Function and Origin, by Mr. A. T. 



Charron, B.A. 

 Trees and Shrubs for the Adorn7nent of Streets, Parks and Homes, 



with lantern illustrations, by Dr. W. Saunders, F.R.S.C, etc. 

 Report of the Entomological Branch. 

 Mar. 12. — Meeting for conversation, exhibition of specimens, and papers. 



The Sources and Distribution of the Gold-bearing Alluvions of the 



Province of Quebec, by Mr. Robert Chalmers. 

 Corundum, with Special Reference to its Occurrence in Ontario, by 

 Dr. A. E. Barlow. 

 Mar. 19. — Annual Meeting of the O.F.N.C. for the reception and adoption 

 of the Reports of Council, the election of officers, and other 

 business. 

 N.B. — At each meeting various objects of natural history will be exhibited 

 and the papers will be discussed. 



TIME AND PLACES OF MEETIIVGS. 

 The Opening Conversazione, by kind permission of Principal McCabe, 

 will be held in the Assembly Hall of the Normal School. The Young Men's 

 Christian Association has again generously placed its commodious Lecture 

 Hall on O'Connor street at the disposal of the Club for the remaining meetings, 

 all of which will be held on Tuesdax evenings, and will begin at 8 o'clock 

 pufictually. 



