C ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
Constitution, &c., of the Club. 
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 adopt means, by concerted local efforts and other 
wise, to promote the exploration of the flora of every portion of British 
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 publish 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 
possible 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 districts, will 
report as frequently as possible 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 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 Ist of January, therefore, the annual reports 
of county secretaries and members should be sent in to the provincial 
Secretaries. 
The annual report to the Royal Society will contain, in addition to 
other information, a corrected list of active members and officers. 
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 vouchers for the same with the balance. 
The local press will no doubt help in this work with pleasure and 
profit, and its powerful aid should not only be invoked, but also duly 
appreciated by the botanists. Where there is no botanist to commence 
work, all that is necessary is to get one or more collectors, whose collections 
can be determined and named at any time. Such collectors will find their 
correspondence with the club officers an admirable means of facilitating 
