l6o JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGS. 



REPORT OF THE BIOLOGICAL SECTION, 



Session 1891 and 1892. 



Read at the Annual Meeting of the Association, May J2th, i8g2. ^ 



The meetings of this Section have been held regularly during 

 the past year, and although formal papers were not presented at 

 every meeting, the members have come together and exchanged 

 notes, in this way promoting that good will which is so characteris- 

 tic of scientific men, as well as advancing the interests of the Asso- 

 ciation in general, and this Section in particular. 



The notable exent in connection with the Section's work was 

 the Annual Field Day of the Association held at Queen Victoria 

 Niagara Falls Park on Saturday, June 13th, when a large number of 

 members of the Section were present, and spent a very enjoyable 

 and profitable time. The place chosen was a rich one for the 

 botanist, and though the time was that which field-botanists call an 

 off time, i. e., between the going of the spring flowers and the com- 

 ing of the summer ones, the field-presses of the weed hunters were 

 brought home well filled. The President, Mr. Alexander, and Mr. 

 Morris had charge of this department, and several plants, not 

 hitherto in our collections, were added thereto. The Section was 

 much indebted to Mr. Cameron, the head gardener of the Park, 

 who is himself an enthusiastic plant collector, for many useful hints 

 as to the locations where certain plants were to be found, and for 

 the personal help he gave in collecting the same. Mr. Cameron is 

 making a collection of all the native plants found in the Park, and 

 has very kindly offered us duplicates to place in the Associatioa 

 cabinet. 



At the meeting held on March 4th, 1892, Dr. Mole read a 

 valuable paper on the Origin and Development of the Horse. The 

 paper was made very clear by the numerous illustrations used and 

 the specimens of various parts of the horse's skeleton shown. 



The Section had before them a communication from Mr. Adam 

 Brown, enclosing a letter from Lady Blake, calling attention to the 

 Marine Biological Station, proposed to be established in the island 



