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neat and attractive little souvenir programme for the day, with 
a miniature photo of Camp Nature. 
The next meeting, at Gondola Point, on July 7th, was no 
less enjoyable and instructive than have been all the meetings 
of previous years held at Dr. Matthew’s summer residence. The 
sail up the beautiful Kennebecasis River is in itself a most enjoy- 
able experience, while the hospitality of Dr. Matthew’s home, its 
picturesque environment, the beautiful scenery and botany of the 
region, all tend to make Gondola Point one of the most attr active 
and popular resorts for a summer field meeting, and this year’s 
meeting there was no exception to the rule. The weather was 
very pleasant, though a few threatening clouds prevented the 
party from wandering too far from shelter. Before leaving the 
party were pleasantly reminded by Mrs. Matthew that wild 
strawberries were in season, and devoted some time to a very 
thorough nature study of that delicious fruit. 
Dr. G. U. Hay’s charming summer cottage and grounds at 
Ingleside were the scene of the next rendezvouz on July 26th. 
It was one of the finest of mid-summer days, and members and 
their friends turned out in unprecedented numbers, so much so 
that Dr. Hay’s ample grounds seemed almost thronged with 
people, and all who went felt they had been amply rewarded 
when the day’s pleasure and profit were mentally reviewed while 
waiting for the train or journeying homeward. A special advan- 
tage incidental to a meeting at Ingleside is the extensive aboretum 
of New Brunswick trees, shrubs and plants, which Dr. Hay has 
there gathered with years of painstaking industry, and which 
furnishes the living examples with which to illustrate his inter- 
esting and instructive botanical talks, enjoyed by a large number 
to which we now refer. An address by the Venerable Archdeacon 
on the history (political and social) of the St. John River country, 
following a talk by Dr. Matthew upon its geological features, 
odded especial interest to the meeting, while a little talk about 
the moon and planets, with especial reference to Venus and 
Mercury, by Mr. Burditt, filled in a spare half hour at the ending 
of a most enjoyable day. 
