196 The Ottawa Naturalist. 



How often a few fleecy floating patches of cirro-cumului in 

 a clear blue sky form a scene that can only be connpared to the 

 view from some high cliff out upon an island-dotted sea; or a 

 lofty cumulus raising his head high above his fellows, frowns 

 down in a awful darkness, or shines resplendent in the setting 

 sun ! 



The successive variations of the clouds, the grand and im- 

 posing as well as their beautiful and graceful aspects, present a 

 field for contemplation and admiration too varied, too grand, 

 and too sublime to fail to arouse the enthusiasm of the most 

 prosaie observer and to implant in him a true love of nature. 



In the words of Shelley, the cloud seems to say : 



" I bring fresh ^hnwers for the thirsty flowers. 



From the seas and the streams ; 

 I bear light shade for the leaves when laid 



In their noon-day dreams, 

 From my wings are shaken t!ie dews that waken 



The sweet buds every one, 

 When rocked to rest on their mother's brea-.t, 



As she dances about the sun, 

 I wield the flail of the lashing hail. 



And whiten the green plains under ; 

 ^nd then again I dissolve it in rain 



And laugh as I pass in thunder. 



Richmond, Que., 



Feb. 3rd, 1897. 



Notes, Reviews and Comments. 



WhiteavES, J. F. — " Canadian Stromatoporoids."' Can. Rec. 

 Science, Vol. VII, pp. 129-146, July, 1896. 



The following species are herein recorded : 



ORDOVICIAN SPECIES. 



1. Clathrodictyon variolate, Rosen 5 p. 3. Labechia Huronensis, Billings, sp. 



2. Labechia Canadensis, Nicholson and 4. Beatricea nodulosa, Billings. 



Murie. 5- " undulata, Billings. 



SILURIAN SPECIES. 



6. Actinostromamatutinum, Nicholson. II. Stromatopora Galtensis, Dawson sp. 



7. Clathrodictyon vesiculosum, Nich. 12. " " constellata, Spencer sp. 



and Murie. 13. " " Hudsonica, Dawson sp. 



