1899] ^ Guide to Wild Flowers. 79 



odour, range and time of bloom. A brief technical description 

 of the plant is followed by general descriptive notes, which can- 

 not fail to interest every lover of tlowcrs. The special feature 

 of the bock, however, is the beautiful coloured plants, which 

 make it the most attractive book of its kind published at a small 

 price. Mrs. Rowan, by whom the drawings were made, is appar- 

 ently more of an artist than a botanist and while all the illustra- 

 tions are artistically drawn and beautifully coloured all are not 

 equally true to nature ; nor are the drawings in black-and-white 

 always as accurate as one could wish. It is perhaps too much 

 to expect perfection in a book of this kind and its merits far 

 outweigh its inaccuracies. As it will be used principably by 

 those who will be satisfied to learn the English names of the 

 plants they see the adoption of the nomenclature and arrange- 

 ment of Britten and Brown's Flora detracts little from the work, 

 though for a popular book the names and arrangement of Gray's 

 Manual would have been preferable, if for no other reason than 

 that they are more familiar. J. M. M. 



AFTERNOON LECTURES. 



During April and May a course of popular lectures on 

 scientific subjects was delivered in the Assembly Room of the 

 Normal School by members of the Club. The attendance at all 

 these lectures was large, an evidence that there is no lack of 

 interest in Ottawa in subjects of this kind. 



I. April, loth — " Points of Interest in the Geol- 

 ogy OF Ottawa " by Dr. H. M. Ami. — In dealing 

 with his subject Dr. Ami referred to the various geo- 

 logical formations to be found in this district and pointed out 

 the various places where each formation could be studied to ad- 

 vantage — what were the mineral characters of each, the nature, 

 origin, and mode of formation or deposition of each series to- 

 gether with the various fossil organic remains or extinct types of 

 animal life which were to be found in great profusion in 

 many of the sedimentary strata of Ottawa. The speaker 



