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The subject was very beautifully illustrated by a costly collec- 

 tion of diagrams, very carefully colored, showing the various tints of 

 the colors supplied by Messrs. Rowney, of London, England, to 

 whom a hearty vote of thanks was accorded. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



THURSDAY, MARCH IS, 1890. 



The President in the chair. 



The minutes of the February meeting confirmed. 



H. B. Small, Esq., of Ottawa, was appointed to represent the 

 Association at the annual meeting of the Royal Society to be held 

 there in May, 



A volume of the Slavonic Bible was presented, through Mr, 

 Witton, from Mr. Charles Robinson, who found it in Sebastopol at 

 the close of the Crimean War. 



It was reported that the Council suggested that a portion of the 

 Library be loaned to the Free Library, and that Messrs. Moffat and 

 Caviller had been appointed to make a selection of the books to be 

 so used. 



Mrs. J. Rose Holden was elected a member of the Association, 



Dr. Burgess then read a paper " Notes on the History of 

 Botany." 



The paper was full of interesting information regarding the 

 science and indicated a vast amount of research and an intimate 

 knowledge of the subject. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1890. 



The President in the chair. 



The minutes of the previous meeting confirmed, 



A letter was read from Professor Wright, of Los Angelos, 

 California, a corresponding member of the Association, conveying 

 to the Association several beautiful specimens of the lower forms 

 of life on the Pacific coast mounted on cardboard. Those sent 

 being forms of the Polyzoa, 



A paper on " Coinage and Money," by H. B. Small, of Ottawa, 

 was read by Mr. Witton. 



