3^,3>I3 . APR 10 ;9i7 



THE 



MAY, 1896. 



VOL. X, No. 2. 



OTTAWA 

 NATURALIST 



Published by the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. 



CONTENTS. 



Page 



1. Chemical Work in Canadian Agriculture— Frank T. Shutt, M.A., F.I.C., F.C.S., etc 29 



2. Note on Cardinia subangulata Dawson and Area punctifer Dawson— H. M. Ami 44 



3. Natural History Notes for April, 1896— H. B. Small, Esq 44 



4. Club Notes— (1). Prizes in Botany, Entomology and Geology for 1896. (2). Excursion to 



Chelsea. (3). Sub-exoursions. (4). New Members. (5). Meteorological Observations 



for Ottawa, 18S5 45 



OTTAWA, CANADA. 



Printed at the Office of Paynter & Abbott, 



48 RiDEAU Street. 



SATURD/VY, MAY 23rd.— Half-day Excursion to Chelsea. Gatit\eau Valley I). R., Union 

 Station, 2 p. m. For rates see page 46. 



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