•2'J.n II I K CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



CENTRAL EXPERIMENTAL FARM, OTTAWA. 



The following appointments have been made to fill the place of the 1 ite 

 Dr. Fletcher, the work that he so successfully carried out having been 

 divided : .Mr. C. Gordon Hewitt, B.Sc, of Manchester University, has been 

 appointed Entomologist, and Mr. H. T. Gussow, Botanist. 



Both of these gentlemen are very highly spoken of, and from the 

 testimonials and other information received by the Commissioners appear 

 to be highly-qualified men. Mr. Hewitt has published some excellent 

 papers on injurious and other insects, illustrated by beautiful plates of his 

 own drawing. He has had considerable experience in dealing with 

 economic questions, and will no doubt soon become familiar with the 

 problems which confront us in this country. Mr. Gussow was brought up 

 in Breslau, studied also in Leipzig, and, in addition, has spent some 

 time in the Pasteur Institute in France. During the last six years he has 

 been assistant to Dr. Carruthers in connection with the Royal Agricul- 

 tural Society of England. Both these gentlemen will no doubt prove 

 great acquisitions to the scientific staff of the harm and to the country 

 at large. 



We hope that Mr. Arthur Gibson will be retained as assistant. He 

 has had ten years' training under Dr. Fletcher, is now an accomplished 

 economic Entomologist, his specialty being the Lepidoptera, and his 

 knowledge of that order is of great value. There is no doubt plenty of 

 work to be done in these departments by a much larger staff than the Farm 

 has ever possessed. 



GEORGE W. FECK. 



We regret to record the death of another of our veteran entomologists, 

 in the person of .Mr. George \V. Peck, of Roselle Park, N. J. He died 

 on the 18th of May, at the age of seventy-two; he was born in Boston, and 

 was a descendant of one of the Mayflower Pilgrims. After being engaged 

 in business in Boston for some years, he removed to New York and became 

 tie part owner and head of a wholesale business in glass and tin supplies. 

 His heart, however, was engrossed with nature studies, and he acquired no 

 little reputation in his own neighbourhood as an entomologist and horti- 

 culturist. His collection of Lepidoptera is one of the best in New Jersey. 

 He never made any contributions to entomological publications, but, being 

 an enthusiastic collector, he was well known to a great many. 



