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REPORT — 1897. 



Notes on Private Collections in Canada. 



1. Dr. A. H. Mackay . 



2. Andrew Downs, Esq. 

 .3. Harry Austin, Esq. . 



4. T. J. Egan, Esq. 



5. The Lawson Herba- 



rium. 



6. Dr. John Somers 



7. Dr. Lindsay 



Halifax, Nova Scotia. 



Good reference collections in botany and zoology. Special 

 collection of Canadian SpongillEe; also micro-organisms. 



Ornithological collection. 



(Dartmouth) Ornithological collection. 



(Dalhousie University) Ornithology. 



Containing the extensive series of mounted and dried 

 plants of Nova Scotia and other parts of Canada, viith 

 special reference to the Ranunculacese and Filices of 

 the whole Dominion, 

 llerbarium. 

 Herbarium. 



9. 

 10. 



11. 

 12. 

 13. 



14. 



15. 



16. 



17. 



St. John, New Brunswick. 



St. John and New Brunswick Diatomacea. 



Numismatic collection. 



New Brunswick and general Canadian plants. 



Dr. Lucien Allison . 



S. D. Scott, Esq. 



(i. U. Hay, Esq., 



F.R.S.C. 

 A. Gordon Leavitt, Esq. Collection of native birds for reference. 



J. S. Maclaren, Esq. 

 Dr. G. F. Matthew, 

 F.R.S.C. 



Dr. T. J. W. 

 F.R.S.C. 



Sir Wm. Van Home, 



K.C.M.G. 

 Rev. Robert Campbell, 



D.D. 



Harold 

 B.A. 



18. Dr. B. J. Harrington 



Numismatic collection, collection of medals, clasps, &c. 



Best collection of St. John group fossils. Palfeozoic 

 fossils from maritime provinces and other parts of 

 Canada. Numerous types of species of fossil plants, 

 sponges, mollusca, insecta, trilobita, &c., from various 

 horizons (Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, and Devonian) 

 in the Palfeozoic of New Brunswick ; European fossils ; 

 also recent plants and marine invertebrates. 



Montreal, Quebec. 



Burgess, Herbarium contains about 1.5,000 sheets. Excellent and 

 very complete collection of Canadian flowering plants, 

 including North- West Territory and Rocky Mountain 

 flora, 2,509 species. Ontario collection very complete. 

 Canadian vascular cryptogamic plants, 7,000 sheets, 



Extensive collection of fossil organic remains from Canada, 

 the United States, and Europe. 



Herbarium containing plants representing flora of Mon- 

 treal Island, Murray Bay, and other portions of the 

 Province of Quebec. 



Complete collection of the ferns of the island of Montreal. 

 Fair collection of Phanerogamia of Montreal Island and 

 vicinity. 



Cabinets of minerals from Canada and the United States 

 for reference collection. Type specimens, dawsonite, 

 chemawinite, &c. 



B. Gushing, 



19. W. Hague Harring- 

 toi:, Esq., F.R.S.C. 



20. Dr. James Fletcher, 

 F.L.S., F.R.S.C. 



Ottawa, Ontario. 



Very complete collection of Ottawa Coleoptera and Hymen- 

 optera. ; also Spiders and Proctotrypidge. Contains 

 numerous types of species new to science. Also collec- 

 tion of Canadian flowering plants. 



Specimens illustrating his ' Ottawa Flora ' or ' Flora Otta- 

 waensis ' as published in the ' Transactions of the 

 Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club.' Botanical collections 

 from nearly all parts of the Dominion and elsewhere. 

 Also extensive collections of insects injurious and 

 beneficial to vegetation, &c. Excellent collection of 

 Lepidoptera. 



