XXviii PROCEEDINGS. 



PREST, of Bedford, N. S., being the result of investigations under- 

 taken by MR. PREST at the request of the council of the Institute. 

 (See Transactions,, p. 87). The subject was discussed by PROF. 

 C. L. MOORE, PROF. E. A. HOLBROOKE, PROF. D. S. MACINTOSH, 

 H. PIERS, and others. 



SECOND ORDINARY MEETING. 



N. S. Technical College, Halifax; llth December, 1911. 



THE FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT, DR. A. H. MACKAY, in the chair. 



It was announced that PROFESSOR C. J. CONNOLLY, PH. D., 

 department of biology, University of St. Francis Xavier, Anti- 

 gonish, N. S., had been duly elected an associate member by the 

 council on 5th November. 



MR. PIERS drew attention to the desirability of collecting 

 information regarding the economic and medicinal use of Nova 

 Scotia plants among our Micmic Indians. 



In the absence of the author the following paper was read by 

 PROF. C. L. MOORE: 



SACRED PLANTS OF INDIA. BY CAPTAIN J. H. BARBOUR, E. A. 



M. C., F. L. S., Nowgong, Central India, 



In view of the supreme interest which will centre round India 

 during this present year and culminating in December . when His 

 Majesty, the King, will visit the country to hold the great Delhi 

 Durbar, there is certain to be a desire on the part of the many 

 people who will visit the country, some for the first time, to learn 

 before they come, as much about India, her history, customs and 

 manners as they can in order to appreciate the magnificence and 

 significance of this important event in her national life and also 

 to create for themselves an interest in what they may see generally 

 over the country. 



There will be much travelling up and down the vast peninsula, 

 and guide books, histories and other literature will be greatly in 

 evidence to elucidate and explain points. There is, however, one 

 subject which may appear insignificant compared with the others 

 and yet it is one which will be very much to the fore wherever the 

 traveller goes, I mean the plants of the country. He will see new 



