APPENDIX C LUI 
Constitution, &c., of the Botanical Club of Canada. 
The Botanical Club of Canada was organized by a committee of 
section four of the Royal 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 
publish 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 own spheres 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 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 
annual reports of county secretaries and members should be sent in to 
the secretaries for 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- 
bers to the general treasurer, are authorized to deduct the necessary 
expenses for provincial office work, transmitting vouchers for the same 
with the balance. 
The names of those reporting any kind of valuable botanical work 
during the year will be published in the list of active members, even 
