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A History of the Kingston Field Naturalists: The first 25 years
by Helen Quilliam© Blue Bill (1974) Volume 21 No. 2 : 26-31 Whereas a history of a natural history club should contain a list of concrete accomplishments and their dates, the state of the treasury and of membership, these things sometimes make very dull reading. They can in the last resort be found by the … Read more
The Cactus at Kaladar
From The Blue Bill, Quarterly Bulletin of the Kingston Field Naturalists, Volume 14, No. 2 June 1967, pp. 11-12. By Roland E. Beschel In 1934 professor W. T. MacClement sent a cactus fragment from “scanty soil in crevices of granite rock, Addington County, Ontario” to the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University. He did not add … Read more
A Brief History of the Kingston Field Naturalists: 1949 to 1954
by Robert B. Stewart On March 31, 1949, a group of 22 people interested in Natural History met in the Agricultural Board Room of the Ontario Government Bui1ding on Barrie St., at the invitation of Dr. George M. Stirrett. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss the formation of a nature club. An interim … Read more
