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body of the botanical party. Yet enough was seen and 

 noted to show that the county of Argenteuil is a very para- 

 dise for the botanist. The collections submitted in com- 

 petition for the society's prize embraced not a few speci- 

 mens that are comparatively rare. The excursionists reas- 

 sembled at the station at 5 p.m., when prizes for the collec- 

 tions of the day in the several departments were adjudged, 

 as follows : 



Geological — Named specimens, Mr. F. S. Jackson, 9 ; 

 unnamed, Mr. G. Saxe, 16. 



Botanical— Named species (1), Dr. Edward H. Blackader, 

 87 ; (2), Miss Addie Van Home, 62 ; unnamed, Master 

 Percy Penhallow, 52. 



Entomological — Named specimens, Mr. J. F. Hausen, 40 ; 

 unnamed, Mr. "W. H. Adams, 145. 



Before boarding the train on the return journey a vote of 

 thanks to the Mayor, Mr. Brown, was moved and seconded, 

 in short speeches, by Bev. Dr. Smyth and Aid. Bolland. 

 This done the train started at 5 p.m. and reached the 

 Windsor station at 7.30 p.m. Everything was done to pro- 

 mote the success of the excursion by the authorities of the 

 0. P. .Railway, whose chief engineer, Mr. Peterson, accom- 

 panied the train and formally superintended the arrange- 

 ments. Light refreshments were also served by the Bailway 

 Company to the Natural History Society and its guests. 

 Altogether the day will be marked as a red letter one in 

 the society's annals. 



The Botanical Club of Canada. 



At the last meeting of the Royal Society of Canada, held 

 at Montreal, an important measure was introduced into 

 Section IV, looking to tho promotion of botanical study and 

 research throughout Canada. Dr. George Lawson of Hali- 



