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REPORT OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY 

 OF MONTREAL. 



Presented by Alfred E. Barlow, F.R.S.C., Delegate. 



On behalf of the Natural History Society of Mont- 

 real, I beg to submit the following report for the con- 

 sideration of the Royal Society of Canada. 



Pending the erection of the new building, which will 

 include halls, library and museum, the work of the So- 

 ciety, during the season 1911-12, has been practically 

 confined to giving successful courses of lectures. 



The following communications were read at the 

 monthly meetings : 



Monday, Nov. 6th, 1911. — "Some Hungarian Plants," 

 by Rev. Robert Campbell, M.A., D.D. 



Monday, Nov. 27th, 1911.— "The Dry Rot of Timber," 

 by Miss Carrie M. Derick, M.A. "Notes on the 

 Recent Exposure of Rock, corner of Drummond 

 and Sherbrooke Streets," by H. Lampard, Esq. 



Monday, Jan. 29th, 1912. — "Explorations in North-East 

 Quebec," by Dr. Alfred E. Barlow. "Some Re- 

 cent Additions to the Flora of Montreal, ' ' by Rev. 

 Robert Campbell, M.A., D.D. 



Monday, February 26th, 1912. — "Some Rare Fungi 

 at St. Andrew's, N.B.," by Miss Van Home. 

 "Mountain Building," by Dr. J. Austen Ban- 

 croft. 



Monday, March 25th, 1912.— "A Peep at One of Na- 

 ture's Laboratories," by Albert G. Nicholls, M.D. 



Monday, April 27th, 1912.— "The Algal Flora of the 

 Island of Montreal," by Miss Clare G. Nicholls, 

 M.A. 



The Somerville Course of Free Lectures, delivered in 



