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wholeheartedly. At first his duties consisted in cleansing the 

 Indian orchards, or one might say with greater exactness, the 

 fruit trees on the Indian reserves in British Columbia. From' 

 this the work developed under his guidance until the Indians were 

 not only growing excellent fruit but .were learning to pack their 

 fruit-in the approved fashion, and in many reserves young orchards 

 were being planted. Mr. Wilson wrote an account of the work 

 in the Indian orchards in The Agricultural Gazelle of Ca?iada, 

 October, 1916. (Vol. 3, No. 6, pp. 856-860.) The Indians and 

 those gentle Sisters who teach the Indian children will miss him. 



During his thirty odd years in British Columbia he acquired 

 an extraordinary knowledge of the trees, plants and insects of the 

 province, and long before the establishment of ecology as a special 

 study he had especially interested himself in questions relating to 

 plant distribution and association. He was always connected with 

 the promotion of entomological work in British Columbia, and in 

 1912 was President of the Entomological Society of British 

 Columbia, to the Proceedings of which he contributed papers from 

 time to time. In conjunction with his friend A. H. Bush he made 

 an excellent collection of the insects of British Columbia, and 

 last year, after the death of his old friend on military service in 

 France, he presented the collection to the Entomological Branch, 

 where it now forms part of the. Canadian national collection of 

 insects. 



He occupied a unique place in the small band of workers in 

 British Columbia. His memory and his hands were at the service 

 of all students of the subjects that he himself so 'diligently studied. 

 Mountain, forest and the open country were his laboratory, and a 

 journey in his company was a delightful experience. Nothing 

 escaped his attention, and one felt the refreshing effect of a mind 

 that had been storeid in the open. His sister, in a recent letter to 

 me, writes: "He enjoyed life so thoroughly lately, was so whole- 

 hearted in his pursuits that one did not think of him as in his 62nd 

 year. His splendid constitution, the open air life and the intense 

 love of his work, together with the close touch with nature, all 

 combined to make the years pass lightly. . . ." His tragic 

 death has removed a keen student of nature, a staunch friend and 

 a faithful servant of the State. C. cordon hewitt. 



