I40 The Ottawa Naturalist. [November 



SECOND AUTUMN SUB-EXCURSION. 

 The second autumn sub-excursion of the Club was made to 

 Blueberry Point, near Aylmer, Que., on Saturday, Oct. 3. Be- 

 tween thirty and forty persons attended. Leaving the city by 

 electric car at 2.20 p.m., the Point was reached shortly before 

 three o'clock. The whole party went at once to the lake shore 

 and there divided, part remaining near the water in order to ex- 

 amine the rocks of the Chazy formation, and to collect shells, 

 many kinds of which were found in a small stream. The other 

 part of the company resorted to the woods to study the trees and 

 herbaceous plants and to search for insects. It was a delightful 

 autumn afternoon, and the woods presented a beautiful appear- 

 ance. The autumn tints of the maples, sumachs, white ashes, 

 and oaks, were at their very best, and presented a gorgeous spec- 

 tacle. The Red Maple is the commonest species at Blueberry 

 Point, but the Silver Maple and the Sugar Maple also occur there 

 abundantly. Fine large trees of the Silver Maple growing near 

 the lake offered good subjects for comparison with the Red Maple. 

 Nearly all the different kinds of evergreens which occur near Ot- 

 tawa, are to be found at this spot, and these also afforded good 

 material for study. Blueberry Point is one of the few places in 

 the Ottawa district where the Banksian or Northern Scrub Pine 

 is found, and quite a number of these trees were seen within two 

 hundred yards of the car track, growing with the White and Red 

 Pines. Among the herbaceous plants of interest found during the 

 afternoon, mention may be made of the Closed Gentian {Gentiana 

 Andreimii) with its large purple flowers, which was collected near 

 the lake shore, together with the Hairy Germander [Teucrium 

 occtdentale, A. Gray), the Small Scull-cap {Scutellaria parvula, 

 Mx.) with its curious seeds, the Yellow Water-Crowfoot {Ranun- 

 culus delphinifolius, Torr. ) in flower and seed, and on the mud 

 near a little stream the Water Starwort {Callitriche paliistris, L.) 

 was found. Up in the woods beneath the pines, Viola subviscosa^ 

 Greene, and V. cardarnine folia, Greene, rewarded a diligent search. 

 At 4.45 p.m. the party re-assembled, and the specimens collected 

 by the excursionists were examined by the Leaders and named 

 for those who wished to have them identified. The President 

 made a few remarks, congratulating those present on the success 



