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conditions in Europe. Certainly in north Germany the absence 

 of insects in the forests is not due to climatic conditions or to 

 rarity of the insects per se, but it is undoubtedly due to the great 

 care taken to prevent insect outbreaks. He showed the extreme 

 watchfulness of the authorities at critical times of the year, and 

 entered into some detail. 



Mr. Schwarz agreed, in the main, with the last speaker, and 

 said that this was undoubtedly the case in the portion of Germany 

 in which he had lived. Insects, normally, are just as abundant as 

 here in this country, but are kept in check by preventive measures. 

 He agreed, however, to a certain extent, with Mr. Marlatt, in 

 considering that the climate is less favorable than that of the 

 United States for the development of great swarms of injurious 

 insects. 



Mr. Benton, speaking along the same line, said that he had 

 lived four years in Germany ; that the peasants of the country are 

 driven to the utmost economy in order to enable them to live. 

 Every twig is picked up. In the fields anything which can be 

 fed to domestic animals is gleaned, and thus little opportunity for 

 injurious insects to increase is afforded. He thought, however, 

 that the climate was considerably less favorable than that of this 

 country. He raised bees at Munich during his stay, and the 

 weather was often so cold in midsummer that considerable pro 

 tection was required to prevent loss of brood by chilling. He 

 noticed that the insect enemies of bees were very scarce. 



Mr. Howard expressed great interest in the address, and moved 

 a vote of thanks to the retiring president, which was adopted by 

 a rising vote. 



j5v, FEBRUARY 10, 1898. 



Vice-President Gill occupied the chair, and Messrs. Schwarz, 

 Waite, J. B. Smith, Cook, Heidemann, Busck, Pratt, Chitten- 

 den, Ashmead, Motter, Banks, Benton, Patten, Howard, Swin 

 gle, and Fairchild also present. 



The following new members were elected : Corresponding 

 V. H. Lowe, Geneva, N. Y. Active C. L. Pollard, National 

 Museum ; H. J. Webber, Department of Agriculture. 



