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detected grew in the vicinity of houses and had evidently been in- 

 troduced in seed. 



During- the past ten years Mr, A. P. Low has brought from 

 the Labrador Peninsula and the coasts and islands of Hudson Bay 

 many hundred species of flowering- plants, and each year's collec- 

 tions have filled some gaps in the National Herbarium, besides 

 extending the range of scores of species. In 1898-99, Mr. Low 

 made a survey of the whole northern part of the Labrador coast, 

 much of which had not before been visited by a naturalist. During 

 both seasons large collections of plants were made which will do 

 much to enlarge our knowledge of the flora of that region. 



From the vicinity of Dawson, in the Yukon District, Mr. J. 

 B. Tyrrell has just brought in 120 species of flowering plants, the 

 most complete collection which has been received from there. 

 They indicate a warmer climate than is generally supposed to 

 characterize that region, and with the plants collected by Dr. G. 

 M. Dawson, Mr. Wm. Ogilvie and others on the Yukon, they 

 form a very complete series of the flowering plants of the gold 

 fields. 



Mr. N. B. Sanson, the energetic caretaker of the Banff" 



Museum, has made this year a large collection of the plants in the 



vicinity of that place for the Geological Survey. They will be 



added to from year to year until a complete series has been 

 collected. 



J. M. M. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. 



The thirty-sixth annual meeting of the Entomological Society 

 of Ontario was held in the society's rooms, London, Ont., on the 

 nth and 12th October. Among the active members present were 

 noticed the following : H, H. Lyman, M.A., president, Montreal; 

 Rev. Dr. Bethune, London; Dr. James Fletcher, Dominion Ento- 

 mologist, Ottawa ; Prof. F. M. Webster, Wooster, Ohio, State 

 Entomologist; Rev. Dr. Fyles, Quebec; Arthur Gibson, Ottawa; 

 Prof. C. C. James, Toronto, Deputy Minister of Agriculture for 

 Ontario ; Geo. E. Fisher, San Jos6 Scale Inspector, Freeman ; 

 Prof. Dearness, London ; Prot. Lochhead, Guelph ; W. E. Saun- 

 ders (secretary), J. A. Balkwill (treasurer), J. A. Moff"att (curator), 



