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without putting themselves to inconvenience. These ai'e (1) by in- 

 creasing the membership of the Club. There are few people who have- 

 not, at any rate, one friend, who " for their dear sakes " would give a 

 dollar a year to a good cause. If every member of the Club would 

 obtain one new member, the Ottawa Naturalist would then be made 

 the most successful Natural History Magazine in North America. 

 (2) By paying their subscriptions when they are due at the beginnings 

 of the Club year (3rd Tuesday in March). The subscription is neces- 

 sarily payable in advance, because all payments for printing the 

 Naturalist, rent of rooms, postage, stationery and binding, have to be- 

 met as they fall due, and our only sources of revenue are the dollar a 

 year paid by each member and the advertisements on the cover of the 

 Naturalist. Moreover, the advantages offered by the Club are so 

 considerable that it is seldom so much can be got in return for a dollar. 

 Lege et mirare ! ! The Ottawa Naturalist is sent free, as issued, to 

 every member ; admission is free to all the evening lectures and popular 

 afternoon lectures ; there is a reduction in the price of tickets at all th& 



excursions, which alone frequently amounts to a saviag of half the 

 annual subscription ; the back publications of the Club are now fur- 

 nished to members at the actual cost of printing, a saving in those 

 alreadv printed (from the published prices) of $2.56 ; — Is not this 

 enough for a dollar 1 If not, come to the annual meeting and tell us in 

 what else we can meet your wishes. 



In conclusion, the editor bdgs to tender his sincere thanks to Mr. 

 W. A. D. Lees for his most timely and valuable help as assistant editor 

 during the year. J. F. 



AGRICULTURAL GRASSES AND FORAGE PLANTS OF THE 

 UNITED STATES BY DR. G. VASEY. 



The new and enlarged edition of Dr. Vasey's Agricultural Grasses 

 has been received. It is a large pamphlet of 148 pages and is illus- 

 trated by 114 plates. The printing and get up of this work are of the 

 usual excellent quality ot the United States documents. It is largely a 

 revised edition of that of 1884 ; but much valuable new information has 

 been added. In the present report the principal forage plants, other 

 than grasses, which are employed in agriculture, are treated of. The 

 plates are very fine and will be invaluable to those wishing to make a 

 study of grasses. PI: 1-4 are devoted to illustrating the different parts 

 of grasses, and a glossary of the terms used in describing these plants is 

 siven. J. F. 



