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headare also noticed, after which the interesting digest of work done in 

 economic entomology in Canada is carefully considered. 



How tocontroll injurious insects by remedies, by natural enemies, 

 by vegetable parasites, is then considered at length and the 

 excellent work done by Giard in France, by Snow in Kansas, by Forbes 

 in Illinois, by Thaxter in Massachussetts is recorded. This interesting 

 as well as useful address closes with methods of treatment from an 

 agricultural standpoint and an appeal for systematic co-operation. 



(2) The "Naturaliste Canadien "is doing good work in distributing 



uselul information in economic entomology. Many of its articles are 



profusely illustrated by wood-cuts and some of our garden and farm 



pests can be readily identified by the readers. 



H. M. A. 



Pictou Academy. The Academy building, Pictou, Nova Scotia, 

 was struck by lightning in the night of Oct. 29th. and destroyed by fire. 

 We regret to have to chronicle this loss to education and science. 

 All the original collections of fresh-water sponges, snakes, as well as 

 minerals, which Dr. A. H. MacKay had made and stored in the 

 Museum and laboratories of the Academy, perished in the flames. We 

 heartily sympathize with Dr. MacKay and with the principal, staff and 

 trustees of the Academy in this loss. We learn with pleasure that the 

 Academy is to be rebuilt with modern improvements. It is earnestly 

 hoped that the building will be a fire-proof one, so that some of the 

 valuable collections of books and specimens which were saved from the 

 flames will not be subjected to such risks. 



The collections which we had the pleasure of examining in the 

 Academy, in October 1895, only a few days before the fire, were most 

 valuable and reflected great credit upon Dr. MacKay and the Pictou 

 people who had worked so energetically in building up one of the most 

 important local museums in the country. Donations to the new 

 Academy Museum will soon be in order. 



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