XCVI ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



noon talks, usually illustrated^ for children and young people; oppor- 

 tunities for study offered by tlie museum and library; the publication 

 of its scientific organ. The Canadian Record of Science; excursions to 

 places of interest in the vicinity of Montreal; and an active interest 

 in those scientific matters of importance to the well-being of the general 

 body politic. 



To particularize the work done on the above lines the following 

 accoiunt may be given : 



The regular monthly meetings have l)een held as usual, the papers 

 of scientific character presented being as follows : — 



1905. 

 Oct. 25. — " An Account of a Blazing Beach on the Maine Coast,''" 

 Prof. D. P. Penhallow. 

 " A Notice of some Fossil Plants from the Pleistocene of 



the Abitibi River,''' Prof. Penhallow. 

 " Notes on the Geology of the Abitibi District," Dr. Vrilson. 

 Nov. 25. — " Fungi collected at Cap-à-l' Aigle. '" Eev. Dr. Campbell. 



'' Eolations of Sun Spots and Sun Clouds," Mr. Stewart. 



1906. 



Jan. 29. — " The Distribution of Forests in Tertiary Time and their 



Relations to the present Great Plains," Prof. Penhallow. 



" Some Recent Studies respecting the Nuclei of the Lower 



Forms of Plant Life," Miss Carrie M. Derick. 



MsiT. 26. — " Some Recent Developments on the Production of Plant 



Hybrids," Miss Carrie M. Derick. 

 April 30. — " A Remarkable Tumour of the White Birch," Prof. Pen- 

 hallow. 

 " Distribution of Plants in the Cretaceous Period," Prof, 

 Penhallow. 



The Annual Somerville Course of Lectures was given as follows : — 



Jan. 18. — " Lime, Soda and Soap," Prof. Nevil Norton Evans, M.Sc, 



MoGill University. 

 ,lan. 25. — "The Labrador Eclipse Expedition," Rev. I. W. Kavanagh, 



S.J., M.A., B.Sc, Science Master, Loyola College. 

 Feb. 1.—" Food Adulteration in Canada," Dr. J. T. Donald. Official 



Analyst to the Dominion Government. 

 Feb. 8. — "Jamaica, the Isle of Springs," Theo. H. Wardle worth, 



F.L.S. 

 Feb. 15.— "The Origin of New Forms of Plant Life," Carrie M. 



Derick, M.A., Assist. Lecturer in Botany, McGill LTni- 



versifv. 



