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Secretary — John Eckersley. 

 Treasurer — Mrs. S. D. Manning. 

 Curator and Editor — Miss Carnochan. 

 Assistant Curators — Mrs. E. J. Thompson, Miss Creed. 

 Committee — Alfred Ball, Mrs. Goff, Miss Clements, Wm. 

 Ryan, C, E, Sproule. 



VII. — Report of the Ottawa Field- Naturalists' Club. 



By Mr. Arthur Gibson, President and Delegate. 



The council of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club presents to 

 The Royal Society of Canada the following report for the year ending 

 March, 1915. 



Membership. — The membership of the Club at present is 329; 

 323 ordinary members and 6 corresponding members. 



Branches of the Club. — Botanical Branch. This branch held 

 seven meetings during the 1914-1915 season. At these meetings 

 there was an average attendance of about 14 members. Reports of 

 these meetings are printed in the Ottawa Naturalist. The subjects 

 presented were as follow: — 



"The Possibilities in Canada for Home Grown Seed," by Messrs 

 G. H. Clark, M. O. Malte and W. T. Macoun. 



"Some Canadian Wild Fruits," by J. M. Macoun; 



"Climatic and Soil Conditions as They Influence Plant Life," 

 with special reference to Canadian Grasses, by M. O. Malte. 



"The New Greenhouses at the Experimental Farm" and lantern 

 slides illustrating some "Native Shrubs and Trees," by W. T. Macoun. 



"An Account of a Trip to Egypt and Palestine," by R. B. Whyte 

 and lanters sHdes of "Plant Adaptations," by D. A. Campbell. 



"Forestry Problems in Canada," by J. R. Dickson and "Facts 

 regarding the Organization of the Forestry Branch," with lantern 

 slides," by C. J. Tulley. 



"Wood Fibre— its uses in Pulp and Paper Making," by J. S. 

 Bates, of the Forest Products Laboratories, McGill University, 

 Montreal. 



Entomological Branch. No meetings of this branch were held 

 during the past winter, but during the collecting season, large numbers 

 of insects were gathered for systematic study, and many new records 

 for the Ottawa district obtained. Some of these captures were re- 

 corded in The Entomological Record for 1914, which appeared in 

 the annual report of the Entomological Society of Ontario. 



