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Sub-excursions by members of the branch to localities at some 

 distance from the city have been made during the past season : to 

 High Falls, on the Lievre ; to Templeton and Buckingham down the 

 Ottawa River ; to Casselman, on the Castor River ; to the Chats 

 Rapids, to be specially reported upon by Mr. R. B. Whyte, and also, as 

 well, to less distant points. At High Falls Epigxa repetis^ the May- 

 flower, sometimes miscalled the Trailing Arbutus, was found in magni- 

 ficent i)rofusion, and large bunches of the exquisite flowers were brought 

 back to the city. The lovely Calypso borealis, a deliciously-scenied 

 but very rare orchid, was also obtained there in unusual abundance by 

 Mr. R. B. Whyte. At Temjjleton Mr. W. Scott found Spiranthfs 

 Romanzoffiana in profusion in a hay field close to the East rem|)leton 

 wharf, and between the wharf and the lighthouse keeper's house ; also 

 Thalictrum purpurascfns. Casselman, and Moose Creek a few miles 

 beyond that place, have again this year provided rich treasures for those 

 who went to seek them. Cardainine rhomboidea^ the tall erect form, 

 with stiff and almost sessile leaves, only previously recorded from Hull, 

 was there found in great abundance. A violet taken to be Viola rotiin- 

 difolia, was found at Moose Creek. Perhaps the most interesting find 

 of the year was F/cerkea prose 'pinacoides, found by Prof Macoun at 

 Casselman early in the season. A trip to Buckingham by Prof Macoun 

 and Mr. Scott in October gave new localities for Potamogeton Robi?isn, 

 and what also is very rare here, Polygonum dumetorum var. scandens. 

 On the mountain at the back of Old Chelsea Carex Hiichcockiana and 

 Aspidium Bf^aunii were discovered, while on the slope of the mountain 

 running up from the north shore of Kingsmere, Carex Houghtonii was 

 collected. This is the only locality yet found near Ottawa, and it is 

 very rare here. Nearer home some other interesting discoveries were 

 made. Prof. Macoun collected Eleocharis intermedia near Leamy's 

 Lake, and Mr. J. M. Macoun at Hull tound Viola rostrata, the rarest 

 of all our violets in this locality. It has only once previously been 

 collected here, when two plants were found growing in the Governor- 

 General's Bay at New Edinbugh. Mr. Scott found undoubted 

 specimens of Ranunculus circinatus, the stiff water crow-foot, in Patter- 

 son's Creek. Claytonia Virginica frequently sought for unsuccessfully 

 «n this locality, was last spraig found in abundance in the woods 



