APPENDIX D LXXXIX 



The exchange and determination of species ca.n be most effectively 

 made by 



James M. Macoun, 



Curator of the Herbarium, 

 ' Department of the Geological Survey, 



Ottawa, Ont. 

 Object and Constitution, etc., of the Botanical Club of Canada. , 



The Botanical Club of Canada was organized by a committee of 

 section four of the Eoyal Society of Canada, at its meeting in Montreal, 

 May 29th, 1891. 



The object is to promote by concerted local efforts and otherwise, 

 the exploration of the flora of every portion of British America, to pub- 

 lish complete lists of the same in local papers as the work goes on, to 

 have these lists collected and carefully examined in order to arrive at a 

 correct knowledge of the precise character of our flora and its geographi- 

 cal distribution, and to carry on systematically seasonal observations on 

 botanical phenomena. 



The intention is to stimulate, with the least possible paraphernalia 

 of constitution or rules, increased activity among botanists in each 

 locality, to create a corps of collecting botanists (wherever there may be 

 few or none at present, to encourage the formation of field clubs, to 

 puiblish lists of local floras in the local press, to conduct from year to 

 year exact phenological observations, etc. ; for which purposes the secre- 

 taries for the provinces may appoint secretaries for counties or districts, 

 who will be expected, in like manner, to transmit the same impetus to 

 as many as possible in their more local spheres of action. 



]\Iembers and secretaries, while carrying out plans of operation 

 which they may find to be promising of success in their particular dis- 

 tricts, will report as frequently as convenient to the officer under whom 

 they may be immediately acting. 



Before the end of January, at the latest, reports of the work done 

 within the various provinces during the year ended December the 31st 

 previous, should be made by the secretaries for the provinces to the 

 general secretary, from which the annual report to the Royal Society 

 shall be principally compiled. By the first of January, therefore, the 

 aimual reports of county secretaries and members should be sent in to 

 the secretaries of the provinces. 



To cover the expenses of official printing and postage, a nominal fee 

 of twenty-five cents per annum is expected for membership (or one dol- 

 lar for five years in advance, or five dollars for life membership). Secre- 

 taries for the provinces, when remitting the amount of fees from mem- 



