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. 19.— "How Plants Look after their Children." 

 Eleanor Tatley, B.A. 

 26. — " The Purpose and Value of Pain." Wesley 

 Mills, M.D. 

 Apr. 2.—" Wild Flowers and how to Treat Them." Rev. 

 Or. Colborne Heine, B.A. 

 9. — " On Collecting, Drying, and Mounting Plants." 

 Rev. Robt. Campbell, D.D. 



REPORT OP THE LECTURE COMMITTEE. 



The chairman of the Lecture Committee being out of 

 the city, I have been asked to report in his stead : 



The Somerville course for the season was unusually 

 interesting, and attracted large and intelligent audiences. 

 Dealing mainly with descriptive geography, all the sub- 

 jects treated of were within the grasp of ordinary hearers, 

 who showed their unmistakable appreciation of them by 

 their eager attention and hearty applause. This was 

 specially the case with reference to the Japanese gentle- 

 man who gave such a realistic description of his country 

 and its people. The thanks of the entire community, as 

 well as of the members of the Natural History Society 

 are due to the several lecturers, including the two mem- 

 bers of the Geological Staff from Ottawa. 



The Saturday afternoon talks to children abated nothing 

 of the interest of former years. They continued to be 

 attended by crowds of bright-eyed, eager young people, to 

 the close of the series; and there is every ground to 

 believe that from among those keenly attentive little folk 

 future men and women of science will arise. The seed 

 sown in their young minds cannot all perish. 



In name of the Lecture Committee, 



Robert Campbell, Acting Chairman, 



