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till to-day (30th October), the flowers have been produced in 

 profusion and have been much admired by all who have seen 

 them among cut flowers. The foliage is like that of the ordinary 

 Fetid May-weed {Anthemis Cotula), being 2-3-pin nately cut up into 

 filiform lobes, of a rich dark green, but without unpleasant odour. 

 This plant is called in England, whence probably it was in- 

 troduced into Canada, Scentless Camomile or Corn Mayweed. It 

 is an annual and its merits horticulturally are the profusion and 

 continuous production of the showy flowers and the lateness in 

 the season at which they may be tound. Geraniums, Phloxes, 

 and even the wild Mayweed, have all now been destroyed by 

 frost, but this Scentless Camomile still holds its head up bravely. 



J. Fletcher. 



SOME INTRODUCED PLANTS. 



Linaria minor, Desf. — In Macoun's Catalogue, Part II, p. 353, 

 there is a single record of this plant from St. John, N.B. During 

 the past summer I have received specimens from Miss Ada Gard- 

 house, of Highfield, Ont., and also from Mr. F. J. A. Morris, of 

 Trinity College School, Port Hope, Ont., who writes : " It grows 

 profusely on the Grand Trunk Railway track, for a space of two 

 or three miles east of Port Hope Station, and has been found by 

 me for three years now. It blooms from the 1st of June in daily 

 increasing quantities throughout the summer*'' 



Teucrium Scorodonia, L. — Another introduced plant which has 

 occurred in sufficient abundance to have attracted attention as a 

 possil)le crop pest is the Germander Sage, which was sent in by 

 Mr. G. Beaudoin, of Ste. C6cile de Whitton, Que., who had found 

 one patch on his land. 



Soirees. — The programme for the winter meetings is now 

 being prepared, and the chairman of the soiree committee (Mr. 

 W. H. Harrington) will be pleased to receive from members of 

 the Club the titles of any papers they may wish to present. When 

 papers are to be illustrated by specimens it will be well to notify 

 the committee of that fact, §o that suitable arrangements may be 

 made . QwM^X 



