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meetings of farmers and farmers' institutes and has probably- 

 addressed more people than any other public man in Canada and 

 imparted to them information of economic value which must 

 have been of immense benefit. 



The culmination of his work in economic botany is the Weed 

 Book, published in 1906 in conjunction with the Seed Division of 

 the Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. 



Not only as an entomologist and botanist has he been of 

 great assistance and influence, but also as a horticulturist. 

 Throughout the Dominion of Canada the horticultural societies 

 have known him for many years as advisor and educator. At 

 the Convention of Horticultural Societies held in Toronto recently 

 which I attended, many were the expressions of sincere regret at 

 the great loss the horticultural societies had sustained by the 

 death of one whom they spoke of not as a public official, but as a 

 personal friend. 



The life of Dr. Fletcher was a standing example to young 

 men. While a clerk in the Parliament Library he utilized every 

 spare moment in studying or seeking information, and after 

 office hours he did not waste his time in idling about the streets. 

 Early and late he was to be found studying Nature and, when in 

 later years, the Government decided to establish the Dominion 

 Experimental Farms, he was the one man in Canada equipped 

 with the necessary knowledge to fill the important and responsible 

 position of Dominion Entomologist and Botanist. 



Finally, considering the great debt that the Ottawa Field- 

 Naturalists ' Club owes to Dr. Fletcher, I think it is our privilege 

 to take the lead in commemorating the work he has done, and in 

 talking the matter over with some friends and members of the 

 Club, the unanimous opinion is that in no way could we do it more 

 appropriately than by erecting a drinking fountain at the Central 

 Experimental Farm, -where so many of the best years of his 

 life were spent. 



DR. FLETCHER AS AN ENTOMOLOGIST. 

 By Arthur Gibson. 



I am very glad indeed of this opportunity of saying a few 

 words of one with whom it was mv happy lot to be closely asso- 

 ciated, for nearlv ten years, in the official Government work of 

 practical entomology. It is not necessary for me to say that Dr. 

 James Fletcher was a great entomologist. This fact is widely 

 known, not only in Canada and the United States, but even 

 throughout the whole world. It is the people of Canada, how- 

 ever, who will chiefly miss his kindly help, always so cheerfully 



