PROCEEDINGS FOR 189(i LXIII 



nonst/tiitioii. &r offlie dull. 



The Botiinical ('lub of ('aiiiuhi was organized hy a committee of 

 section four of the Royal Society of Canada at its meeting- in Montreal. 

 May 29th, 18!)1. 



The object is to adopt means, by concerted local efforts and other- 

 wise, to promote the exploration of the flora of every portion of Britisli 

 America, to publish complete lists of the same in local papers as the work 

 goes on, and 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 geographical distribution, and to aid in phenological observations. 



The method is to stimulate, with the least possible paraphernalia of 

 constitution or rules, increased activity in our 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 pul)lish lists 

 of local floras in the local press, etc. ; for which purposes the secretaries 

 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 jDOssible within their own sphere of action. 



Members 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 possible to the officer under whom 

 they may be immediately acting. 



Before the end of January at the latest, i-eports of the work done 

 within the various provinces during the 3'ear ended December 31st 

 previous, should be made by the provincial secretaries to the general 

 secretary, from which the annual report to the Royal Society shall be 

 principally compiled. By the 1st of January, therefore, the annual 

 reports of county secretaries and members should be sent in to the pro- 

 vincial secretaries. 



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

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

 for five years in advance, or five dollars for life membership). Provincial 

 secretaries in remitting the amount of fees from members to the general 

 treasurer are authorized to deduct the necessary expenses for provincial 

 office work, transmitting vovichers for the same with the balance. 



X. — From The Natural History ^oriety of Neiv Brunsivick, through Mr. 



W. J. Wilson. 



The Natural History Society of ISTew Brunswick find much en- 

 couragement in the year which has elapsed since the members of the 

 Royal Society of Canada last met together. The membership"4Mfc8--4.n- 







