1903] 



General Excursion to Chelsea. 



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V. Dicksonii. — The commonest violet. Petioles and base of 

 petals bristly. 



V. ciicxillata. — Easily disting-uished from Dicksonii by its dark 

 eye and in the spring being perfectly glabrous. Flowers always 

 above leaves. Grows near spring water. 



V. venustula. — Serration of leaf very distinct. 



The following is a list of violets shown growing in flower 

 pots, or as fresh specimens from the garden : 



affin IS, 



do scabrous. 

 blattda, 

 cardaminefolia, (Aylmer, Que., type 



locality), 

 cognata (Manitoba), 

 crenulata (U.S.), 

 consors, (Xova Scotia), 

 cucullatu (Ottawa), 



do (New Brunswick, 



do (Quebec), 



do (Prince Edward Island), 

 Dirksoitii (Ottawa), 



do (Hamilton, type locality), 



do var. glabrata, 

 elegaii/ulci, 



Fle/c/icni (Ollaw:i, type locality), 

 Labrador ica^ 

 Deconteana, 



leucopetala (type locality), 



Macounii (Ottawa, type locality), 



melisscefoliay 



nesiotica, 



nodosa (U.S.), 



ovata, 



pahnata (U.S.), 



pap ilia uacca (U.S.), 



prionosepala (type locality), 



re )ii folia, 



rostrala, 



Selkirkii, 



septentrion alls, 



subvestita (type locality), 

 do (Nepig'on), 

 do (New Brunswick), 



subvt'srosa (type locality), 



vagula (type locality), 



venustula (type locality). 



The members of the Club present at this meeting were Miss 

 Lee, Dr. Fletcher, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Attwojd, Mr. Guillet, 

 Prof. y. Macoun, Mr. St. Jacques, Mr. W. T. Macoun. 



W. T. M. 



GENERAL EXCURSION TO CHELSEA. 



The first general excursion of the season was held at Gilmour's 

 Grove, Chelsea, on Saturday, the i6th of May, and proved to be 

 one of the most successful meetings ever held under the auspices 

 of the Club. Several hundred persons, including members of the 

 Club and students of the Normal School, attended, and were 

 escorted through the woods by leaders of the different branches. 

 Great interest was manifested in the descriptions of the plants, 



