24 The Ottawa Naturalist. [April 



SPRING ANNOUNCEMENT. 



The Council of the Club has arranged a series of seven after- 

 noon lectures for the spring weeks. These lectures will be of an 

 elementary character and are designed to excite a wider interest 

 in popular science. They will be delivered in one of the Nor- 

 mal School lecture rooms at 4.15 p. m. on Mondays as follows : 



April loth — Geology, Dr. H. M. Ami ; April 17th — Botany, 

 Mr. R. B. VVhyte : April 24th —Entomology, Dr. Jas. Fletcher; 

 May 1st— Conchology, Mr. F. R. Latchford ; May 8th— Ornith- 

 ology. Mr. A. G. Kingston ; Ma)' 15th — Zoology, Prof. John 

 Macoun and Mr. W. S. OdTl ; May 22nd — Planting and care of 

 Forest Trees, Sir Henri Joly de Lotbiniere. 



Members of the Club are requested to bring these lectures 

 to the notice of their friends. 



SUB-EXCURSIONS. 



Sub-excursions will this season be made a special feature of 

 the Club's work. The attendance of leaders in each of the 

 principal departments of natural science is assured and the stud- 

 ent can find no better means of acquiring knowledge than these 

 sub-excursions. These first visits to the woods are a perennial 

 pleasure to the older members of the Club and this notice is 

 especially intended for those who usually restrict their attend- 

 ance to the general excursions. 



Those who attend the sub-excursions will rendezvous at 3 

 p.m. at the point on the Electric railway nearest to the locality 

 chosen for investigation. The April excursions will be : — 



April 15, Rockcliffe ; April 23, Hull ; April 30, Beechwood; 



OTTAWA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The Horticultural Society is this year offering an exception- 

 ally fine lot of premiums of which members may select ten upon 

 payment of the small annual fee of $1.00. 



The usual monthly meetings will be held during the year, 

 when in addition to the exhibits of seasonable flowers, addresses 

 will be delivered by leading Horticulturists Nearly $400.00 in 

 prizes will be offered for all of which members may compete. 

 In order to obtain the premiums subscriptions must be sent to 

 the Secretary by April 15th. Address Mr. J. F. Watson, Experi- 

 mental Farm. 



