2-3 EDWARD VII. SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 A. 1903 



HEI^OUT 



OF THE 



ENTOMOLOGIST AND BOTANIST 



(James Fletcheii, LL.D., F.L.S., F.R.S.C.) 



1902. 



Ottawa, December 1, 1902. 



Dr. Wm. Saunders, 



Director of Dominion Experimental Farms, 

 Ottawa. 



Sir, — I have the honour to hand you herewith a report on some of the more impor- 

 tant subjects which have received attention in the Division of Entomology and Botany 

 during the year 1902. Many other subjects have taken up some of the time of the 

 staff, but do not require special treatment in tliis report. The ever increasing number 

 of applications for information continue to give encouraging evidence as to the utility 

 of the investigations carried on year by year in the Division. The gradual but sure 

 adoption by farmers of such scientific methods of protecting their croprf from the attacks 

 of injurious insects and destructive fungi, as spraying, &c., must to a large measure be 

 traced directly to instructions given by officers of the Experunental Farms. 



j Correspondence. — The large correspondence of the Division hiis been of the usual 



\ varied character, and as in the past shows a considerable increase in the numbers of 



' letters received. From November 30, 19U1, to November 30, 1902, the number of letters 



exclusive of circulars, registered as received, is 3,215, and the number desijatched 2,815. 



Meetings attended. — Meetings of farmers' institutes, and agricultural associations of 

 various kinds, have been attended whenever other oihcial duties would allow of my 

 absence from Ottawa. 



January 8 to 10, Whitby, Out. — The Eastern Ontario Dairymen's Association, where 

 addresses were delivered : (1) ' Hay and Pa;^tnrc Gra^-ses,' ' The Cultivation of riu%\er3.' 

 The Ontario Ladies College : — 'The Value of Nature Study in Education.' 



January 20 to 24, Wolfville, N.S. — Nova Scotia Fruit Growers' Association : (1) 

 'Insects Injurious to Fruits', (2) 'The San Jose Scale in Canada.' 



January 23, Amherst, Nova Scotia Farmers' Association : ' Farmers' Friends and 

 Foes', ' Pasture Grasses, Potato Rot, and Injurious Insects.' 



February 5, Howick, Que. — Huntingdon Dairymen's Association : (2) ' Potato 

 Rot', (2) ' Quack Grass, Perennial Sow Thistle and other Weeds', (3) ' The Care of 

 House Plants.' 



February 7, Cowansville, Que.— District of Bedford Dairymen's Association : (1) 

 'Insects Injui-ious to Farm Crops', (2) 'The best Pasture Grasses for Quebec Province', 

 (3) 'Potato Rot,' (4) 'Perennial Sow Thistle and Quack Grass.' 



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