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of Pharmacy and about 153 persons were present, with Vice-Pres- 

 ident Rusby in the chair. 



Arrangements were announced for summer courses in Botany, 

 provided by the Committee of Instruction of the club. Course I 

 to commence March 4, at the College of Pharmacy under Mr. W. 

 A. Bastedo, with weekly lectures and excursions on Saturdays. 



Pursuant to motion of Dr. Britton, the Chairman made this 







evening the announcement of the Field Committee for the year 

 1898, to consist of three members, with power to add to their 

 number. The committee was announced to consist of Mr. \V. N. 

 Clute. Chairman, Prof. F. E. Llovd and Mr. W. A. Bastedo. 



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nelius Van Brunt on the wild flowers of the Canadian Rockies, 

 with lantern slides exquisitely colored from nature by Mrs. Van 



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Brunt. Numerous views of the scenery of their surroundings were 

 shown, especially of the Selkirk mountains and about Banff. 

 Here instead of Rudbeckia and LcucantJieimim, Gaillardia aristata 

 covers the fields with multitudes of purple and yellow fl(5wers. 

 Vetches are numerous ; blue clover (lucerne) takes the place of 

 red ; turf for the lawns is composed of buffalo clover only {Trifo- 

 liiuti reflexuni). Beautiful examples of Hedysarum, Lathyrus and 

 Oxytropis occur, among the Leguminosae, Linnaca borcalis, Poten- 

 tilla fruticosa and several species of Allium were abundant, also 

 Parnassia palustris and P. fimbriate. Near the hotel at Banff 

 great numbers of Skepkerdia bushes are hung with their red ber- 

 ries. The red berry-like fruit of the strawberry-blite, Chenopodium 

 capitatum, was seen in great abundance in parts of the Canadian 

 National Park, as was Galium bore ale, Anaphalis viargaritacea and 

 several species of Gcntiana and Pedicitlaris. The asters were repre- 

 sented by A. Fremonti ; instead of the dandelion, Troximon, with 

 similar blossoms, had become the most common flower; myriads 

 of hare-bells, apparently Campamda rotundifolia, dotted the road- 

 sides, and the horse if left to himself would hunt them out as the 

 choicest eating. One field was a beautiful mass of squirrel-grass, 

 Hordaim jubatum ; larkspurs grew all along the road ; blue flax 

 (Linum pcrainc) and Rosa acicidaris Bourgcana were still in blos- 

 som. About the numerous hot springs and ponds formed from 

 them grew plants of warmer latitudes, here blooming early, as 



