1-2 EDWARD VII. SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 A. 1902 



REPORT 



OF THE 



ENTOMOLOGIST AND BOTANIST. 



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



1901. 



Ottawa, December 1, 1901. 



Dr. Wm. Saunders, 



Director, Dominion Experimental Farms, 

 Ottawa. 



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

 portant subjects which have received attention in the Division of Entomology and 

 Botany during the year 1901. Many other subjects which have taken up some of the 

 time of my assistants and myself need not be treated of specially in this annual re- 

 port. The large numbers of applications for information and assistance made to 

 the officers of the Division by agriculturists, horticulturists and others, continue to 

 give encouraging evidence, not only of the usefulness of the investigations which are 

 being carried on year by year, but also of the increasing appreciation of this work 

 by the public in all parts of the Dominion. Of necessity a large proportion of the 

 correspondence relates to the common, and therefore the more important, crop pests, 

 concerning which serviceable advice can be given promptly. In this way much loss 

 in many crops has been avoided. 



Correspondence. — The large correspondence of the Division has been of. a very 

 varied character. From November 30, 1900, to November 30, 1901, the number of 

 letters, exclusive of circulars, registered as received, is 3,05S, and the number de- 

 spatched 2,840. 



Meetings Attended. — Meetings of farmers, dairymen, fruit-growers, &c, have 

 been attended whenever other official duties would allow of my absence from Ottawa. 

 Addresses were delivered at the following places : — 



January 21-22, Kingston, Ont. — A meeting at Queen's University to discuss the 

 importance of Forestry to Canada. Addresses were also given by the Hon. R. Har- 

 court, Minister of Education for Ontario ; Prof. B. E. Fernow, of Cornell University, 

 and others. 



January 31, Huntingdon, Que. — Pomological and Fruit Growing Association of 

 the province of Quebec : 1. Injurious insects. 2. Can bees injure fruit ? 



February 12, Toronto. — Toronto Horticultural Society : Insect Enemies of the 

 Garden. Toronto Normal School : Nature Study. 



March 19, Ottawa. — Select Standing Committee on Agriculture. 



April 2, Ottawa. — Ottawa Normal School : Nature Study. 



April 18, Smith's Falls, Ont. — Horticultural Society ; Injurious Insects. Smith's 

 Falls Public School : Nature Study. Smith's Falls High School : Nature Study in 

 Education. 



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