Lir ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA. 



in the Dominion, and several to each of the affiliated societies. That these schedules were being 

 filled in and would bo reported upon at the next annual meeting. 



Schedule op Observations Suooested by a Committee op the Eoyal Society of Canada. 



At the annual meeting of the Eoyal Society of Canada for 1890, the following resolution was 

 adopted : — 



" That the various natural history and scientific societies affiliated with the Royal Society be 

 requested by it to obtain accurate records in their individual localities of meteorological phenomena, 

 dates of the first appearance of birds, of the leafing and flowering of certain plants, and of any events 

 of scientific intei-est, for collation and publication in the ■ Transactions of the Society.' " 



The committee appointed to give effect to the foregoing resolution, decided that the best means 

 of securing trustworthj' records of a comparable kind, was to prepare a schedule of questions, cover- 

 ing inquiries specially suited to the Dominion of Canada, and relating chiefly to a limited number of 

 well known plants and animals of wide i-ango, as repi'esentative species in the several regions. 



The subjoined schedule has accordingly been drawn up for this purpose, and it is proposed to 

 supply copies of it to the various natural history and scientific societies throughout the Dominion 

 for distribution to such individual members of these societies as may be induced to undertake the 

 observations called for. It is requested that the president, secretiiy or other officer of each such 

 society receiving these schedules, will undertake such distribution and will arrange with individual 

 membei's for the return to him, for safe keeping, of the information collected. 



Arrangements will subsequently be made by coriespondence with the various societies for the 

 collection and collation by the Royal Society of Canada of the facts thus obtained. 



Observations made at 



In the year 



By Mr 



Plants. 



Alder (Alnvs incana). Catkins shedding pollen. All provinces 



Aspen (^Populus Iremuloicles). 1. Catkins shedding pollen. 2. Leafing out. All provinces 



Spring Anemone, or Pasque-flower (Anemone patens, var. NuttalUana) . Flowering. Prairie region... 



Red Maple (i^i'er r«6rw??i). Flowering. Eastei-n provinces 



Hepatica {Hepatica triloba and B. acutiloba). Flowering. Eastern provinces 



Adder's tongue Lily (Erythronium Americanum) . First flower. Eastern provinces 



Mayûo'wev {Epigœa repens). Flowering. Eastern provinces 



Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale). Flowering. All provinces 



Sa.\moi\-heiTy (Eubvs S7)ectabilis). 1. Flowering. 2. Ripe fruit. Coast of British Columbia 



Ash-loaved Maple, " Box Eldei-," Manitoba Maple, (Acer Negundo). Ontario and westward 



^irivwhurry (\V\\à') (FragariaVirginiana and F.Chilensis'). 1. flowering. 2. Ripe fruit. All provinces. 



Wild plum (Primus Americana). Eastern provinces ; 



Chei-ry (cultivated). 1. Flowering. 2. Ripe fruit. All provinces 



Wild Red Cherry (Prunus Pennsglvanira and P. emarginata). All provinces 



Service-berry, June-beiry, '' Shad-bush" or Saskatoon (Amelanchier Canadensis and A. alnifolia). 1. 



Flowering. 2. Ripe fruit. All provinces 



Blackberry (Rubus occident alis and H . leucodermis) . Ripe fruit. All province.'^ 



Apple (cultivated). Flowering. All provinces 



Western Dog-wood (Cornus Nuttallii). True flowers open. Coast region of British Columbia 



Oaks (black and white). Flowering. All provinces 



Hawthorn (Cratœgus). Flowering. All provinces 



