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deal of most valuable work. We do not, therefore, erect this memorial as 

 a tribute to his scientific attainments, but rather as a token of our love for 

 the man himself and the devoted affection in which we all held him. 

 While he was widely known and respected all over the country, and was 

 regretted as a true friend of a great variety of people, there was another 

 side to his character which was not so generally known : he had a very 

 deep sense of religion and was a man of unobtrusive piety which only 

 revealed itself to those who were on the most intimate terms with him. 



Dr. Bethune then read a letter from Dr. L. O. Howard, Chief of the 

 Bureau of Entomology, Washington, and therefore considered to be at 

 the head of the entomologists of North America. He wrote as follows : 

 " I regret more than I can tell that I am unable to come to Ottawa for the 

 unveiling of the memorial. Dr. Fletcher was one of my dearest friends 

 and I had the greatest admiration for him. His services to Canada were 

 very great. He had a wonderful capacity in a very broad field in ento- 

 mology, and was one of the best-informed men of his time on the intricate 

 and manifold aspects of economic entomology. His reports were sound 

 and practical, and as a public speaker before assemblages of farmers and 

 gardeners he was unexcelled. He was known and admired, and loved 

 also, throughout the United States. In fact, I have never known a man 

 who had so many absolutely devoted friends as Dr. Fletcher. His energy, 

 his enthusiasm, his absorbing interest in everything that lives and grows, 

 his warm heart, his perfect lack of even a sapicion of egotism, attracted 

 everyone who knew him and biund them to him in friendship, and even 

 love, forever." 



Dr. Wm. Saunders, C. M. G., Director of the Dominion Experimental 

 Farms, spoke very feelingly of his long association with Dr. Fletcher, 

 which commenced before his appointment on the staff of the Experimental 

 Farms. The value of his work as Entom)logist and Botanist to the 

 farmers of the Dominion was very great, and he has been much missed. 

 At meetings of farmers and fruit-growers his clear statements regarding 

 subjects under discussion made his presence a great benefit. He was  

 blessed with a childlike optimism and cheerfulness of spirit which made 

 his society always welcome, and instances of his wide and kind sympathy 

 can be recalled by all who had the privilege of his acquaintance. Dr. 

 Saunders said he had hoped to enjoy his co-operation in the work of the 

 Experimental Farms as long as he held the office of Director. An 

 all-wise Providence decreed otherwise, however ; but although deprived 



