116 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



and attained a more than ordinary knowledge of the subjects that inter- 

 ested him. Foremost among these was Entomology, which he studied 

 especially in its economic aspects as affecting live stock, fruit trees, 

 garden and field crops. He became an authority on these topics, and 

 was frequently called upon to address meetings of farmers and fruit 

 growers and give them the benefit of his knowledge and experience. 

 His love of the farm continued throughout his life, and he devoted much 

 of the time that he could spare from business to the cultivation of a fruit 

 farm a few miles from London. He was no mean authority upon horses 

 and cattle and had a considerable knowledge of their diseases and most 

 satisfactory treatment. He was also an adept with the microscope and 

 took great delight in searching into the hidden beauties of nature. 



When the London branch of the Entomological Society was formed 

 in July, 1864, he was one of the original members, and took a most 

 active interest in it and the parent Society to the close of his life. He 

 was elected Vice-President of the London branch in 1872, and President 

 in 1878 and several years following. In 1S71 he became a member of 

 the Council of the parent Society and continued to hold office for five 

 and twenty years; in 1892 he was elected Vice-President, but he would 

 never allow himself to be nominated for the Presidency, though urged to 

 do so more than once. He was also an active member of the Ontario 

 Fruit Growers' Association and gave much assistance to its work. 



He was a man of deep religious feelings and of earnest but unobtru- 

 sive piety. Though a leader of the Plymouth Brethren, he never in- 

 truded his views upon those who differed from him. The writer knew 

 him well for a great number of years, and during his visits to London 

 often enjoyed his hospitality, but never did he hear a word fall from his 

 lips that could wound in the slightest degree the susceptibilities of those 

 who did not accept the theological opinions that were so dear to him. 

 He was a good, honest, sterling man whom all respected and whom his 

 friends loved ; kind, charitable, and generous ; courteous in manner, 

 most hospitable in his home, above reproach in business ; a man who is 

 a distinct loss to the city in which' he lived, and whose death creates a 

 blank in the hearts of his friends which can never in this lit'e be filled. 

 To his childless, sorrowing widow we tender our deepest, sincerest 

 sympathy. 



