1904] Meetings of Botanical Branch. 59 



By special request Mr. W. T. Macoun read a very graphic 

 description ot a trip made by him several years ago up Mount 

 Arrowsmith, V'ancouver Island. The reading of the paper was 

 followed by some very interesting and amusing reminiscences by 

 Prof. Macoun and Dr. F"letcher, who have also made the ascent 

 of this very picturesque mountain. 



Mr. E. R. Cameron read an extract on " Weeds" from John 

 Burroughs' " Pepacton " in corroboration of what Prof. Macoun 

 had stated on that subject at the previous meeting. 



" It is a fact," writes Burroughs, "that all our most per- 

 nicious weeds, like our vermin, are of Old World origin We 



have hardly a weed we can call our own ; I recall but three that 

 are at all noxious or troublesome, namely, milkweed, ragweed 

 and golden-rod." 



Some time was spent discussing a question asked by the 

 chairman : " Why are the plants of my window-garden not thriv- 

 ing better?" Lack of success with potted plants in an ordinary 

 living-room may be due to unsuitable soil, injudicious watering, 

 dryness of the atmosphere^ the presence of dust and insects on 

 the plants, insuflficient sunlight, inadequate development before 

 bringing into the house, or worm* in the soil. 



As an outcome of the discussion on the management of potted 

 plants, it was decided to prepare a list of books that would be ot 

 assistance to the amateur and professional lover of plant life. The 

 following may therefore be considered as a select bibliography ot 

 guides in the identification and cultivation of plants. 



I. — Botanical Keys. 



An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and 

 Canada. Britton and Brown. 3 vols. $9. 



Field, Forest and Garden. A Simple Introduction to the 

 Common Plants of the United States east of the Mississippi — 

 both wild and cultivated. Asa Gray. 



Manual of the Flora of the Northern States and Canada. 

 Nathaniel Lord Britton. Ph.D. 1080 pp. $1.50. 



Manual of the Flora of the Northern States and Canada. 

 New edition. (In preparation.) 



11. — Popular Botanical Guides. 



Our Northern Shrubs and how to Identify them. 

 Keehler. 500 pp. 240 ill. $2. 



