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EXCURSION TO THE QUEEN'S PARK, AVLMER. 



The second general excursion of the season under the 

 auspices of the Club was held on Saturday afternoon, June 

 24th, 1899 when the Queen's Park, Aylmer, Que., was visited. 



The attendance was not large, but yfzr of the leaders ap- 

 pointed by Council were present and a profitable time was spent 

 by those who were fortunate enough to visit this beautiful Park. 



BOTAN\' : — In this section of the Club's work, seventy-nine 

 species of plants were noted and recorded from the Park. They 

 are for the most part common species. Among the most 

 interesting plants were a series of flowering shrubs : Ceanothus 

 Americana, Prunus pumila, Rosa blanda, Corylus rostrata^ 

 Shephcrdia Canadenis, Viburnum pubescens, Cornus paniculata, 

 Carpinus Americana, Rhus typhina, Juniperus communis and 

 Cratreeu^. Amongst the trees were noted two kinds of oaks, 

 Ulmus Americana, Pinus Strobus, Thuja occidentalis, Abies 

 balsamea, Populus balsamifera, P. tremuloides, Betula lenta, Tilia 

 Americana. 



The number of plants now growing in the Park would, no 

 doubt, far exceed that recorded on a single day by a single visit 

 of a ^c\v of the members of the botanical section, nevertheless it 

 would be interesting to have a complete list of the species 

 recorded from this locality as in a few \ears the ground will have 

 been so trodden as to leave but few of the more hunible and 

 tnodest herbaceous flowering plants that now adorn the shady 

 nooks and pretty spots of this Park. 



It is to be hoped that the pines and oaks and every tree 

 srowincr within the limits of the Queen's Park will be protected, 

 that not onl}- their shade may be enjoyed but their beauty and 

 characters. The Botanical branch was led by Messrs. R B. 

 Whyte and A. E. Attwood, M. A 



GEOLOGY.--The geolog)- of the Queen's Park is very simple. 

 Two geological formations are there to be .seen. First, the Cal- 

 ciferous formation consisting of fine grained and compact 

 magnesian or dolomitic limestones, which are at times rather 



