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THE OTTAWA f{ATURALIST. 



Vol. XVIII. OTTAWA, APRIL, 1904. No. i 



THE REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF THE OTTAWA 



FIELD-NATURALISTS' CLUB FOR THE YEAR 



ENDING 15TH MARCH, 1904. 



During the year twenty-one ordinary members and one lion- 

 orary member were added to the Club. The total membership is 

 now 266, composed of 258 ordinary members and eight corres- 

 ponding. 



Soirees. 



All the soirees except the last have been held and have proved 

 interesting and profitable ; the attendance being up to the aver- 

 age. The full programme was printed in the March number of 

 The Naturalist. The first meeting was of special interest, as it 

 was held to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding 

 of the Club. The speakers were all members of the first Council, 

 and each told briefly of some of the many changes that have taken 

 place during the past twenty-five years, and the part the Club has 

 taken in directing and leading scientific thought in the community 

 — a record which fully justifies the Club's right to exist, and one 

 which should command the hearty sympathy and support of all 

 intelligent people. 



Excursions. 



Nine sub-excursions were held during the year at which the 

 attendance varied from twenty to two hundred. These excursions 

 were to places in the immediate vicinity of Ottawa and were 

 highly successful. Special attention was given to the forest trees, 

 their mode of growth and the various means of identifying them, 

 especially by the buds. The two general excursions were to 

 Chelsea and Alymer, the former, held the i6th of May, was 

 attended by over three hundred members and friends of the Club, 



