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it is common also in the lower provinces, and would likely be found a 

 little north of the city, The Helianfhus divaricaius has never before 

 been found by any member of the club in this locality, but m McGill 

 College Herbarium there is a specimen of it, said to have been found 

 in the vicinity of Ottawa. It is common at Prescott, and to the west 

 of this place. The Pycnantheunwi lanceolatum, commonly called 

 Mountain Mint, was found at Montreal fifty years ago, and in later 

 times at Waller's Bay, Lake Ontario, by Prof. Macoun, although it has 

 not been found here. Lobelia Kalniii is a pretty little plant which 

 grows on rocky points below waterfalls. There were fifteen new plant^ 

 found last year, most of them near Ottawa, and Mr. Whyte thinks they 

 would have been found before if they had been looked for more 

 closely, and he reminded the members that there is plenty of work for 

 many years yet in places that have not been thoroughly gone over. 



At the conclusion of Mr. Whyte's interesting address, remarks 

 were made by some of the members present. Mr. Fletcher thought 

 it was hardly likely that the seeds of the plants found by Mr. Whyte 

 had been introduced in stores taken to Capt. Cowley's depot, and he 

 agreed with Mr. Whyte that although the locality had been well worked 

 up, there was still plenty of opportunity for the members of the club to 

 distinguish themselves by finding plants as yet unrecorded from this 

 locality. Most of the collecting so far had been done in only a few 

 different localities, and there were many large districts close to the 

 city which were never visited. He congratulated Messrs. Whyte and 

 Cowley on their success, and felt sure it would spur others on to use 

 their eyes better next year. 



Mr. Ami spoke of the peculiarities of Montreal Moimt.iin as a 

 botanical locality. 



Note. — The above excellent report of Mr. Whyte's lecture was kindly prepared 

 by one of our lady members, to whom the Editor begs to tender his thanks. J.F. 



