LX ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
XXV.—From The Botanical Club of Canada, through 
Dr. A. H. MacKay. 
The work of the Club during the year 1900 was not so demonstra- 
tive as on some previous years. Only ten phenological reports from 
different parts of the Dominion were sent in by members of the Club. 
They will be found tabulated at the end of this report. 
In Nova Soctia, outside of the members of the Club, 571 well- 
filled schedules of observations were sent in to the Education Depart- 
ment, where they are bound in a large volume, and can be preserved 
indefinitely for reference or until they are printed or compiled. 
In Prince Edward Island very considerable activity has been 
shown in botanical exploration, for a creditable list of additions to the 
flora of the province has been reported. 
Ontario has one good observer who has already made a creditable 
series of observations without the omission of one season. 
Schedules have also been sent in from the Provinces of Assiniboia, 
Saskatchewan and British Columbia. 
It is very difficult for busy people to complete satisfactory series 
of observations, but a partial series is better than none at all. With 
a little more stimulus from the secretaries, I have no doubt a greater 
number of such observations can be recorded in every Province. 
Considerable material has already been collected, the study of 
which will enable us to have a better idea of the possible value of such 
records. J propose in the near future to present the results of some 
of these observations in graphic form—showing the phenochronic curves 
at different stations for a series of years, enabling comparisons to be 
made between the variations at different stations in the same years, 
and in the same stations in different years. 
The Marine Biological Station during the year was at St. Andrews 
in New Brunswick; and the floras of the surrounding country as well 
as of the adjacent waters were the objects of some students. 
In the following part of the report will be found a summary of 
the different items of information usually asked for in respect to the 
character and work of the Club during the year. 
Officers of the Botanical Club of Canada, 1900. 
President—John Macoun, M.A., F.L.S., Ottawa. 
General Secretary-Treasurer—A. H. MacKay, LL.D., Halifax. 
Secretaries for the several Provinces: 
Prince Edward Island—Principal John MacSwain, Charlottetown. 
Nova Scotia—Dr. A. H. MacKay (General Sec.-Treas.), Halifax. 
