60 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



PERSONAL. 



Prof. W. G. Johnson, State Entomologist of Maryland, has resigned 

 this position in order to undertake the editorship of the American Agricul- 

 turist ; he enters upon his new duties at the beginning of this month. 

 His address is at the office of the American Agriculturist, 52 Lafayette 

 Place, New York. 



His resignation will be a very great loss to the Agricultural College 

 of Maryland, and to the farming and horticultural interests of the State. 

 His scientific knowledge of entomology and his practical application of it 

 to husbandry and fruit-growing, combined with his untiring energy and 

 boundless enthusiasm, have rendered his services as State Entomologist 

 of more than ordinary value. His work in connection with the use of 

 hydrocyanic acid gas as an insecticide is especially noteworthy. It is to 

 be hoped that he will not entirely drop out of the ranks of economic 

 entomologists, but will continue to take an active interest in the progress 

 of this department of the science and its beneficial employment for the 

 welfare of the community. 



While we deplore the withdrawal of Prof. Johnson from the active 

 prosecution of economic work in entomology, we are glad to know that 

 he is to fill so important a position as the editor of one of the most in- 

 fluential agricultural publications in America. He will still be able to 

 take a large share in the work of educating his countrymen to realize the 

 importance of a knowledge of insects and their ways, and to carry out in 

 practice for the preservation of their crops the information that has been 

 gained by the careful studies and experiments of those devoted to the 

 pursuit. 



We desire to unite with his many friends in the wish that Prof. 

 Johnson may meet with the utmost success in his new position, and be 

 enabled to accomplish much good and useful work of a literary, scientific 

 and practical character. 



Mailed February 5th, 1901. 



