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may mention the following : Dr. Bryce, Messrs. A. E. Gar- 

 rett and H. S. McLean, of the Collegiate Institute, Winnipeg; 

 Inspector Mclntyre, now resident in Winnipeg, who collected 

 around Brandon ; Mr. J. Wadge, of that city ; Mr. Denike, 

 of Cypress Eiver ; Miss Cope, Carberry ; H. B. McGregor, 

 Reston, and various members of the Botanical Club of Mani- 

 toba, of which I have the honour to be President. 



Deserving of special mention is Mr. ISTorman Criddle, of 

 Aweme, a young worker of great promise, who' has raade ex- 

 quisite paintings of over 200 species of flowers. During the 

 past year Mr. T. C. McCalla, of Hamilton, made large collec- 

 tions of plants at Banff. 



My own work, covering some 18 years, has been chiefly 

 devoted to the collection and study of the Phanerogams and 

 Pteridophytes, of which I now have many hundreds of spe- 

 cies. In the former, most orders are well represented, except 

 Cyperacege-Juncaceje, etc. A good deal of material has also 

 been accumulated in the Bryophytes, but lack of leisure has 

 prevented its being worked up. 



The field covered has been Manitoba generally, except 

 the extreme S.E. portions and Prince Albert, and thence to 

 Battleford, and along the C. P. P. as far west as Banff. 



A most inviting though rather difficult field of research is 

 still open in the Carices, Lichens, Mosses, Fungi and Algae 

 of our Province. 



Outside of the reports already referred to, the literature 

 on the subject is not extensive. Gray's Manual (of the ISTor- 

 thern U.S.) and that of G. Coulter, for the Rocky Moun- 

 tains, in part cover the flora of the west, and are our chief 

 authorities. Spotton's High School Botany is useful for 

 Phanerogams, though it lacks in fullness. A complete Flora 

 of Manitoba and the !N^orthwest is still greatly needed. One 

 of the objects of the Manitoba branch of the Botanical Club 

 of Canada is the preparation of a preliminary list of plants 

 found in the Pro^dnce. Any help that can be given in that 

 direction will be much appreciated. As a help in this direc- 

 tion the Club undertakes to determine any plants collected 

 by its members. 



ENTOMOLOGY. 



Mention has already been made of the work of Dr. 



