Local Lists of the Flora, By Field Clubs, Natural History and Other Societies

It is anticipated that by the additional facilities given for the teaching of nature-study the next generation of young men and women will be more interested in this kind of work than the preceding one, and that field clubs and natural history societies will be more common throughout the Province. It is the desire of the Botanical Office to obtain the co-operation of such clubs and societies by encouraging the members to undertake some original work on the flora of their own neighbourhood. A beginning has already been made by the British Columbia Mountaineering Club, whose headquarters are in Vancouver. This club has undertaken to make systematic records of the flora of the mountains north of Vancouver. The members of the botanical section attended classes in botany for the purpose of enabling them to make useful observations in the field. A suggested plan of work was published in the first issue of the Northern Cordilleran and was later enthusiastically adopted.