14 The Ottawa Naturalist. [April 



the interior of the Normal School, the room formerly occupied 

 by the Club as a Library has been converted into a cloak room, 

 and that it has been necessary to remove the copies of The 

 Ottawa Naturalist and the unbound exchanges to a store- 

 room in the basement of the Normal School. A Committee 

 consisting of Dr. Jas. Fletcher, Dr. H. M. Ami, and Mr. A. H. 

 Gallup, has been appointed to ascertain if a suitable room can 

 be secured elsewhere. 



The Library Committee appointed last year has had 

 printed a uniform label for the bound volumes in the Carnegie 

 Library. The Club has on hand 250 copies of each of the forty- 

 two papers on Nature Study published in The Ottawa Natur- 

 alist, and the Council is of the opinion that a number of these 

 should be bound. 



The Treasurer's report shows a balance on hand of $197.24. 



The President, Mr. W. J. Wilson, represented the Club at 

 the May meeting of the Royal Society of Canada. 



As in other years, several of the leading members have 

 contributed to the lectvire courses of various local societies. 



A special bulletin on "Farm Weeds of Canada" was issued 

 during the year by the Seed Branch of the Department of 

 Agriculture. This bulletin was exclusively the work of three 

 members of the Club, Mr. G. H. Clark. Seed Commissioner, Dr. 

 Jas. Fletcher, Entomologist and Botanist, Dominion Experi- 

 mental Farms, and Mr. Norman Criddle of Aweme, Man. This 

 is undoubtedly one of the best government publications of its 

 kind ever issued by an}^ country. 



The Club desires to express its hearty appreciation of the 

 efforts of the Horticultural Society towards beautifving Ottawa ; 

 it likewise appreciates the kindness of Her Excellency the 

 Countess of Grey, in making it possible for so many school- 

 children of Ottawa to actively participate in flower-gardening 

 at Rockliffe under expert supervision. 



The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club extends its best wishes 

 to two new sister societies in the West, the Edmonton Natural 

 History Society, and the Regina Natural History Society. 



The thanks of the Club are again due to Principal White 

 for kindly placing the Normal School at its disposal, to the 

 Library Board of the City Council and the librarian, Mr. Burpee, 

 for the use of the lecture hall of the Carnegie Library, and to the 

 Press of the citv for its co-operation in furthering the aims of 

 the Club. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



T. E. Clarke, 

 Secretary. 



