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cept to emphasize his universal good nature and his willing- 

 ness to aid everybody in any way and he never seemed to be 

 too busy to do so. 



Doctor Hopkins made the following remarks : 



To my personal knowledge I first had correspondence with 

 Doctor Smith immediately after taking up work in the "Wol 

 Virginia Experiment Station in 1890. Directly after Doctor 

 Smith had been appointed to New Jersey, I had been studying 

 some insects, especially those found on hackberry, mulberry, 

 and raspberry. I had made some drawings that I thought were 

 very good, but after seeing some drawings made by Doctor 

 Smith, I sent them to him for his criticisms, and he was very 

 severe in his criticism. He said they were not worth repro- 

 duction and they were very poor, and his exceedingly frank 

 expression attracted me, and I may say that it had some in- 

 fluence, because I made up my mind then that I would make 

 as good drawings as Doctor Smith. It was my pleasure some 

 four or five years after that, at one of the annex meetings, I 

 think at New York, of the association in 1894, at which Doc- 

 tor Smith was exhibiting some of his drawings of the clerid that 

 I introduced from Germany, and after he had exhibited his 

 drawings, I passed mine around, and he complimented me es- 

 pecially on the excellent work, and I called his attention to 

 the fact that this was one time that he did not criticize 

 my drawing, so that sometimes one does good by having his 

 work criticized, and I think that his criticism did a greal deal 

 towards my attitude to do some good drawing. This is, I 

 think, one of the instances which might be worth mentioning. 

 At our meetings of the American Association, Drs. Smith and 

 Fletcher and a few others were always the remaining members 

 of the annex meeting, and will always be remembered with 

 great pleasure. 



Mr. H. S. Barber made the following remarks : 



I had the great pleasure of being out in the country one full 

 day with Dr. Smith and Mr. Schwarz, and the \viiy they 

 seemed to enjoy each other, after a long separation, was one 

 of the .prettiest things I ever saw in my life. Both of them 

 were just overjoyed all the time. It was one of the pleasant- 

 est outings I ever had. 



Mr. Quaintance made the following remarks: 



I would merely say that I first met Doctor Smith, I think, 

 at the Columbus meeting of the American Association, and 



