igo^] Botany. 



in company with Mr. J. M. Dickson, he had collected in that dis- 

 trict. The inner circle of the perianth was beautifully striped with 

 green, and in some of the specimens almost as deeply green as 

 was the outer circle. The foliage leaves were distinctly petioled, 

 in some cases the stem being fully 3 inches in length. It was 

 suggested that the variations might be due to some fungous 

 disease. Dr. Fletcher mentioned several plants of which the 

 whole habit changed when they were attacked by fungous dis- 

 eases, for instance, some Euphorbias, Portulacca, Amarantus, 

 Capsella, etc. ; but did not think this sport was of the same nature. 

 He had several plants of the Trilliums which had been under cul- 

 tivation for 5 or 6 years, one of which had been figured in The 

 Ottawa Naturalist. The greening of the petals varied in extent 

 year by year but had so far persisted, although showing a tendency 

 to disappear. The lengthening of the petioles seemed to* corres- 

 pond to some extent with the amount of green on the perianth. 

 This form occurs in several localities in western Ontario, but is 

 abundant onh- in certain woods. 



The remainder of the evening was spent in discussing the 

 question: "What is Nature Study?" The general conclusion 

 seemed to be about the same as that of C. B. Scott, who, in his 

 " Nature Study and the Child," devotes an entire chapter in 

 answer to the question. It is, he says, ^^ Nature, studied, in its 

 relations, by the child, from the child's standpoint, by the teacher, 



with the children.'" 



A. E. A. 



Viola laxceolata, L. 

 An interesting addition to the Ottawa flora has been reported 

 by Miss Katherine Lee in the shape of the pretty little white- 

 flowered Lance leaved Violet {V. lanceolata), which was collected 

 in flower May 25th by Miss Fanny Wright, close to the water on 

 the sandy shore of the island in Fitzroy Harbour, Ont., near the 

 Chats Falls on the Ottawa. This is the first time this plant has 

 been found in the Ottawa district. It should be recorded on the 

 floral distribution maps of the Ottawa district as in the Ontario 

 Area West. 



