THE OTTAWA NATURALIST 



VOL. XXIV. OTTAWA, AUGUST, 1910 No. 5 



UNVEILING OF THE JAMES FLETCHER 

 MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN. 



The unveiling of the James Fletcher Memorial Fountain 

 took place at the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, on 

 Tuesday afternoon, the 19th July, 1910, at the hour of 4.30 p.m. 

 The ceremony was a complete success in every way. Several 

 hundreds of people came out from the City, and some distinguish- 

 ed visitors from a distance vvere also present. The Ottawa Field- 

 Naturalists' Club, under whose auspices the Fountain w^as 

 erected, was largely represented from its local membership. 

 Official representatives fronri the Royal Society of Canada and 

 the Entomological Society of Ontario were also present, and 

 took a prominent part in the proceedings. 



Before introducing the speakers, Mr. E. R. Cameron, K.C., 

 the Chairman of the Fletcher Memorial Committee, outlined 

 briefly the steps that led to the erection of the Fountain, instanc- 

 ing facts in regard to the work of the Committee, the soliciting 

 of subscriptions and the decision, after the most careful enquiry 

 and consideration, to place the work of the memorial in the 

 hands of Dr. R. Tait McKenzie, of the University of Pennsylvania, 

 Philadelphia, U.S., an artist of wide repute who has won a high 

 place in the salons of London and Paris for his work in bronzes. 



The Honourable Sydney A. Fisher, Minister of Agriculture, 

 who unveiled the Memorial Fountain: spoke in the very highest 

 of terms of the late Dr. Fletcher and his work for Canada. He 

 referred to his early associations with him, and in a charming 

 manner described how the personal friendship which began 

 many years ago continued up to the time of his death. He said 

 that Dr. Fletcher was one of the first, if not the very first, person, 

 to welcome him to Ottawa on his election as a Member of 

 Parliament. He then went on to speak of his relations with 

 him as Minister of Agriculture. Dr. Fletcher, he said, represented 

 the ideal type of a public servant. The work which he did 

 throughout the whole of Canada was of the greatest benefit to 

 the country at large. Entirely forgetting himself in every way 

 he gave up his whole time to the work in which he was placed in 



