ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCiETY OF ONTARIO. 21 



By Dr. L G. Wilson : 



I. — Paper on Silica. 

 11.— " " Glacial Drift. 

 By Mr. I. Goodburn : 



I. — Lecture on tlie Six Days' Work of Creation. 

 By. S. Woolverton : 



I. — Paper on Trilobites. 

 It ispioposed to print some of them for circulation, or if thought worthy in the Jour- 

 nal of this society. Several of these addresses were given at the home of the rice-chair^ 

 man, where an available collection is to be found, the better to illustrate the subject of 

 the lecture. 



Another observation perhaps worthy of mention, is the finding of a great iiumber of 

 Indian relics in this vicinity during the past suramer. A number of mouuds l;ave been 

 dug over and many rare specimens have been obtained of the Ncrth American Indian, 

 notably — skinning-stones, pipes, bone needles, bones of the animals eaten by early inhaV)- 

 itants, in a perfect state of preservdtion, with pottery in great abundance. 



The remains were all found in ash heaps, kitchen middens so called, showing eon 

 clusiveiy that this was once a favorite resort and hunting ground of a race of people that 

 have faded away over three hundred years ago. 



From this source sufficient material has already been collected to stock a department 

 in a public museum. 



S. WOOTA KRTON, 



Vice-Chairman. 



liEPORT OF THE BOTANICAL SECTION OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL 



SOCIETY. 



The Botanical Section beg to ofler the iollowing report for the summer of Ibv'i. 



The tirst meeting was held on April ilst, and from that date until September ■J4tk 

 regular meetings were held, except for a part of August. 



At all the meetings the attendance has been fair, and a number of young business 

 and profession il men have become enthusiastic workers. The principal work undertaken 

 was the collection, identification and recording of the phaenogamous plants of this 

 district. 



Field days in various directions were verj' fruitful, especialh- to Komoka on May 

 24th, when 77 species of plants were identified, all in bloom. At Mud Lake, south of 

 Dorchester station, the beautiful and extremely sweet scented Habevaria hJepJtariylotti- 

 was found abundant on July 2nd. 



Probably the most important collections of the season were : Collinsia vernn, taken 

 by Mr. Robert Elliott near Plover Mills, London township, Middlesex, May 26th, now 

 first recorded in Canada ; and i'tricularia resu])inata, collected by Mr. J. H. Bowman, 

 near IJala, Muskcka, not before identified and recorded to our knowledge. 



A specimen of the notorious Russian Thistle was found by Mr. Dearne.ss, near Til- 

 bury Centre in Kent count3^ 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



W\ F. McCl.K.5IKNT, 



Secretary. 



