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5-6 EDWARD VII., A. 1906 



December 7 to 9, 1904: "Windsor, N.S. — The Fruit Growers' Association of Nova 

 Scotia: 'Insects Injurious to Fruits in Nova Scotia.' 



December 12: Amherst, N.S. — Maritime Winter Fair: 'Insects Injurious to Live 

 Stock.' 



Decem'ber 29 : Philadelphia. — Association of Economic Entomologists and Society 

 for the Promotion of Agricultural Science, Annual 'meetings : 'Injurious Insects of 

 1904 in Canada ' ; ' A destructive Ptinid new to North America.' 



February 3, 1905 : Guelph. — Address before the students of the Agricultural Col- 

 lege on ' Methods in Nature Study.' 



February 4: Toronto. — Address on Nature Study and Natuo-al History before 

 Toronto University (Saturday afternoon Popular Lecture). 



May 26 : Ottawa. — Union Teachers' Convention : ' The Use of Insects in Nature 

 Study.' 



May: Ottawa. — Two addresses before the Normal School; 'Nature Study — Birds.' 



June G : Toronto. — Address before Toronto Horticultural Society on ' Insect Pests 

 and How to Exterminate them.' 



June 7 : Hamilton, Ont. — Hamilton Horticultural Society : ' The Gardeners' In- 

 sect Enemies in June.' 



June 8 : Guelph. — Ontario Agricultural College : ' What the Experimental Farms 

 are doing for Canada.' 



June 8 : Guelph. — Macdonald Institute : ' The True Place of Nature Study in Edu- 

 cation.' 



June 30 : Ottawa. — Dominion Seed Growers' Association : ' Co-operation between 

 Seed Grower and Entomologist.' 



June 27 : Ottawa. — Ottawa Horticultural Society : ' What Plants do.' 



July 5 and 10: Ottawa. — Two addresses on Birds before Ottawa Normal School, 

 Summer School of Science. 



July 13 and 14: Ottawa. — Two addresses on Insects before Summer School of 

 Science, Ottawa. 



August 21 to Sept. 23. — ^IManitoba, North-west Territories and British Columbia: 

 Holding meetings, making investigations and inspecting Fumigation Stations. 



October 18 and 19: Guelph. — Attending Annual Meeting of the Entomological 

 Society of Ontario : ' Injurious Insects of Ontario, 1905 ' ; ' Entomological Record, 

 1905.' At this meeting a paper was also read by Mr. Arthnr Gibson upon ' Injurious 

 Insects of the Flower Garden.' 



Mr. Gibson also attended the County of Carleton Annual Exhibition at Rich- 

 mond on September 26, and judged the Natural History exhibits made by the school 

 children of the county. These exhibits were on the whole satisfactory and showed 

 careful work, particularly on the part of the teachers. 



Collections. — The collections of insects and plants in the Division have been 

 largely increased during the past year. Mr. Gibson, who has charge of the insect 

 cabinets, has mounted and placed a large number of specimens. The collection of 

 lepidoptera is now in excellent working order. Efforts will be made to build up the 

 reference collections of the other classes of insects as quickly as possible, as informa- 

 tion is being constantly sought for from the Division by the large number of students 

 in all parts of the Dominion who are giving so much attention to Nature Study. Mr. 

 Gulgnard has also added several hundred sheets of mounted plants to the herbarium 

 and a large number of defective specimens have been replaced by better. Several 

 valuable donations have been received from correspondents, of which the following 

 are worthy of special mention: 



Anderson, J. R., Victoria, B.C. — Many specimens of rare British Columbian 

 plants. 



Bilodeau, Arthur, Ottawa University. — ^Botanical specimen of Hieracium mu- 

 ronim. 



