212 KINGSTON BOTANICAL SOCIETY, 



4. On the Flora of Beckwith, with remarks on the physical geo- 

 graphy and industrial products of the locality. By Josiah Jones 

 Bell. 



5. Kemarks on the cultivation of flax in Canada. By. Rev. 

 Prof. Williamson. 



The following were exhibited : — 



A Fairy Rose in bloom, from Mrs. Prof. Lawson ; specimens of 

 an Algia, apparently identical with a long lost plant, the 

 Lemania variegata of Bishop Agardh, from Mr. Marcoun, 

 Belleville ; specimens of Brockville Plants, from Mr. Jar- 

 dine ; a flower of very large size, of the Night Flowering Cereus, 

 preserved in alcohol, which had been presented to the college 

 museum by Mrs. McLeod. 



Letters were read by Prof. Lawson, from Thomas Briggs, jr. ; 

 Br. Muller, Government Botanist, Melbourne, advising the 

 transmission to the Society of a large collection of Australian 

 plants; Dr. Grant, Ottawa, accepting of membership, &c. 



The Secretary laid on the table the first number of a new month- 

 ly periodical, the Journal of Botany, British and Foreign, edited 

 by Dr. B. Seemann, London. 



The librarian presented donations to the'Hbrary from the Ame- 

 rican Philosophical Society '. Dr. Muller, Melbourne ; and Prof. 

 Asa Gray, Harvard. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA. 



A meeting of Canadian Entomologists was held in Toronto, in 

 the rooms of the Canadian Institute on Thursday, the 16th of 

 April, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety 

 of forming a Society for the advancement of Entomological pur- 

 suits. 



The following gentlemen were present : — Rev. Prof. W. Hincks 

 F.L.S., Prof. H. Croft, D.C.L., Beverley R. Morris, M.D., J. H. 

 Sangster, AM., and J. Hubbert, of Toronto ; Thomas Cowdry, 

 M.D., and H. Cowdry, York Mills ; Rev. C. J. S. Bethune, M.A., 

 Cobourg, and W. Saunders, London. 



Prof. Hincks was appointed chairman, and Mr. Bethune, secre- 

 tary pro tern. 



Letters of apology for non-attendance were read from E. Bil- 

 lings, F.G.S., Montreal ; R. V. Rogers, Kingston ; T. Reynolds, 

 Hamilton; B. Billings, Prescott; Rev. V. dementi, B.A., Peter- 



