CLII THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



November 29th, 1912. — "School Gardens as a Factor in Jùlucation", 



Prof. H. L. Hutt, B.8.A., Professor of Hor- 

 ticulture and Landscape Gardening, Ontario 

 Agricultural College, Ciuelph, Ont. 

 December 10th, 1912.— "Shoit Talks on Local Natural History", 



by members of the Club. 

 January 28th, 1913. — "Modern Museum Woik for the Scientist, 



the Teacher and the Public", Mr. Harlan I. 

 Smith, Archaeologist, Geological Survey, 

 Ottawa. 

 February 11th, 1913.— "Heredity: Its Meaning and Application," 



C. Gordon Hewitt, D.Sc, Dominion En- 

 tomologist, Central Experimental Farm, 

 Ottawa. 

 February 25th, 1913. — "Some Conditions of Progress in the Plant 



World", Prof. W. T. MacClement, D.Sc, 

 Professor of Botany, Queen's University, 

 Kingston, Ont. 

 March 18th, 1913. — Annual Meeting, President's Address. L. H. 



Newman, B.S.A., Secretary, Canadian Seed 



Growers' Association, Ottawa. 



The Botanical Branch, as usual, has been very active during the 



season. Several meetings have been held in the homes of the members 



and much interesting material has been presented. The subjects dealt 



with at these meetings were as follows: 



"Problems in Horticulture of Interest to Botanists," by W. T. 

 Macoun. 



"A Summer in Britain," illustrated with lantern slides, by R. B. 

 Whyte. 



"Nature Study of Plants in Relation to their Identification," by 

 Dr. M. Oscar Malte. 



"The Ottawa Flora from an Ecological Point of View," by J. M. 

 Macoun. 



"A Trip to Bermuda in January," by R. B. Whyte. 

 "Common Fungi on Wood," by J. W. Eastham. 

 "Elevator Screenings as a means of Plant Dispersal" by J. R. 

 Dymond. 



"The Shade Trees of Ottawa," by Dr. E. H. Blackader. 

 "The Effect of Temperature on Fruit and Trees," by W. T. Macoun. 

 "Hardiness from a Physiological Standpoint," by L. H. Newman. 

 The Entomological Branch accomplished considerable work during 

 the season in collecting insects throughout the Ottawa District, some 

 of which have been found to be new to science. Certain groups were 



