II TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



SECTION III. 



I. Presidential Address. By 6. P. Girdwood 3 



//. On the Strength of Douglas Fir, White Pine and Red Pine. Illustrated. By 



H. T. BovEY..... 11 



III. Observations upon some Structural Variations in certain Canadian Coniferœ. Illus- 



trated. By D. P. Penhallow 19 



IV. Notes on Errors in 31eridian Transit Observations By C. H. McLeod 43 



V. Observations on the Quality of the Air at Ottawa By F. T. Shutt and A. McQill... 47 



SECTION I^ 



I. The Forests of Canada and their Distribution. By John Macoun 3 



II. The Potsdam and Calciferous Formations of Quebec and Eastern Ontario. By 



R. W. Ells 21 



III. Psychic Development of Young Animals and its Physical Correlation. By "WbsCby 



Mills..: 31 



IV. L'Eboulis de St-Alban. Illustré. Par Mgr. Laflamme 63 



V. Synopsis of the Air-breathing Anima' ■^ of the Palœozoic in Canada. By Sir J. W. 



Dawson , 71 



VI. On the Organic Bern ains of t?ie Little River Group. No. IL By Q. F. Matthew. ... 89 

 VII. On the Organic Remains of the Lit,ie River Group. No. III. Illustrated. By G. 



F. Matthew 101 



VIII. Sponges from the Western Coast of North America. Illustrated. By L. M. Lambe... 113 

 IX. Note on the Progress of Experiments in Cross-fertilizing at the Experimental Farms. 



By W. Saunders 139 



X. Results of Experiments in Tree-planting on the Northwest Plains. By the same 143 



XL On. the Preservation of Fruits in Chemical Fluids for 31useum. Purposes. By the 



same 145 



XII. The Fossil Cockroaches of North America. By S. H. Scudder 147 



GENERAL INDEX 



Of Proceedings and Transactions, Vols. I.-XIL, inclusive, divided into (1) Proceedings, 



(2) Authors, and (3) Subjects. 



