PROCEEDINGS FOR 1S97 LXIII 



XVI. — From The Botanical Club of Canada,i\\YOVig\\ Dr. A. ÏÏ. MacKay. 



The work of the club during the past year was average. The 

 centre of activity moved over to British Columbia, as will be seen from 

 the list of new members. A strong local club was formed at Langley 

 under the presidency of A. H. Hawkins, B.Sc, and the seci'etaryship of 

 A H. P. Matthew. Albert I. Hill, CM, provincuxl secretary for the past 

 year, was fortunate in having an active Avorker in J. K. Henry, B.A., of 

 Vancouver City, who, among other things, made a good list of pheno- 

 logical observations on the flora of the region, only a portion of which 

 could be used in the tables following. In Ontario extensive observations 

 were noted by Miss Alice Hollingworth at Beatrice, Muskoka. Eoderick 

 Cameron, of Niagara Falls (south), has been specially interested in new 

 forms of Trillium, (grandi floruni), one of which he calls the "Jubilee 

 Trillium," and which he photographed, with its sepals three, its petals 

 twenty-one, pure white, and flower three and a quarter inches across. 



In Newfoundland Eev. A. C. Waghorne is yet adding to the list of 

 the flora of the island ; and his new tinds are being published abroad. 

 Dr. F. Arnold of Munchen, German}^, is publishing lists and descriptions 

 of the lichens of Labrador and also of Newfoundland, and I have seen 

 some very beautiful plates of the Cladonias. Mr. Waghorne is ready to 

 give named sets of the mosses and lichens at the rate of 100 for $8.00 or 

 S 10.00, Of the mosses of Labrador and Newfoundland he has about 

 400 different species and varieties, and about as many lichens, with from 

 80 to 40 hepaticaî. This is a good chance for students and collectors of 

 these forms. 



The usual activity appears to prevail throughout Canada generally 

 in the matters of botanical literature, papers in scientific socielies, revision 

 of botanical text books for the public schools, and the study of botany in 

 the schools and colleges. In Nova Scotia the following circular, which 

 explains itself, with a list of one hundred objects to be observed, (1) as to 

 FIRST appearance, and (2) as to the date when they could be said to 

 become common, was sent to the teachers of every school in the j^rovince, 

 as the basis of local observations to be made by the pupils of the school 

 section under the direction and critical supervision of the teacher : — 



" [For the Teacher in the School Section.'] 



"Local 'Nature' Observations. 



" This sheet is provided for the purpose of aiding teachers to interest 

 their pupils in observing the times of the regular procession of natural 

 phenomena each season. First, it may help the teacher in doing some 

 of the ' Nature ' lesson work in the Course of Study ; secondly, it may 

 aid in procuring valuable information for the locality and province. 



