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charge, as Entomologist and Botanist of the Dominion Experi- 

 mental Farms. He was a very hard worker and one who never 

 spared himself. There was no doubt in his mind that if he 

 (Fletcher) had taken a much needed rest, some few years ago, 

 that he might have been with us and doing his work to-day. His 

 investigations and lecture courses took him to everv^ part of 

 the Dominion and the experience he thus gained respecting 

 agricultural conditions, Vv'as of extreme value to him in his work. 

 His whole thought was to benefit Canadian agriculture, and the 

 wide reputation he made, not only in his own country, but 

 throughout practically the w^hole world where economic problems 

 in agriculture are stiidied, will last as long as time itself. Of a 

 genial and enthusiastic temperament he made friends wherever 

 he w'ent and his name to-day is known in every part of Canada 

 where agriculture is practised. His delightful personality brought 

 him in close touch with farmers, horticulturists and otliers, and 

 his talks and lectures on insects and plants were always eagerly 

 listened to. 



Dr. Bethune, Professor of Entomology at the Ontario 

 Agricultural College, Guelph, expressed his gratification at see- 

 ing so many young people present to do honour to the memory 

 of the late Dr. Fletcher, who was so deeplv interested in children 

 of all ages and so ready at all times to help and instruct them. 

 He said that he came as a representative of the Ontario Agri- 

 cultural College where Dr. Fletcher was alv/ays a most welcome 

 visitor. Whenever it was announced that he was to give an 

 address at the College, the hall w'as sure to be thronged with 

 both young men and women who were eager to hear him. He 

 also represented the Entomological Society of Ontario, of which 

 Dr. Fletcher had been a very active member for a great number 

 of years. On the appointment of Dr. Saunders to he Director of 

 the Experimental Farms he was obliged to give up his active 

 co-operation in the Vv'ork of the Societ^^ and happily his place 

 was very satisfactorily filleti by our lamented friend. For nearly 

 thirty years he was a member of the Council of the Society and 

 did a very great deal to advance its interests in various directions. 



The speaker then went on to describe his own intimate 

 friendship with Dr. Fletcher and his admiration for his ability 

 as an entomologist and in other respects as w^ell. While we 

 could not regard him as a man prominent for discoveries in 

 science, while we did not exalt him. to the same position as a 

 Darwin, a Huxley or an Agassiz, still he had a very scientific 

 capacity for discerning minute distinctions in the objects of 

 his study, and with his wonderfully retentive memory was able 

 to do a great deal of most valuable work. We do not, therefore, 

 erect this memorial as a tribute to his scientific attainments, but 



