PROCEEDINGS FOR 1897 LXXl 



Constitution^ tf-c, of the Botanical Club of Canada. 



The Botanical Club of Canada was organized by a committee of 

 section four of the Eoyal 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 publish 

 complete lists of the same in local paj^ers 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 geographical dis- 

 tribution, and to carry on systematically seasonal observations on botan- 

 ical 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 pi-ess, to conduct from year to year exact 

 phenological observations, etc. ; for which purposes the secretaries for 

 the provinces may appoint secretaries for counties or disti-icts, 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 sviccess 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 fii'st of January, therefore, the 

 annual reports of county secretaries and luerabers 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 jDer 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 iees 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 j'ear will be published in the list of active members, even 

 should the payment of fees be forgotten. All payments are credited to 

 the current year and the future. Lapsed active membership can, there- 

 fore, be restored at any time without the payment of arrears — for there 

 are no arrears recorded in the Botanical Club of Canada. 



