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with the Club and other organizations, are conscious of a great 

 loss. Nevertheless "we mourn not as those who have no hope," 

 for from his heart and soul there radiated an influence and in- 

 spiring grace which the child of God, the Christian in the 

 highest sense of that term, alone can possess, and which can 

 soothe as well as, in time, satisfy the grief and loss we have 

 sustained. 



At the close of Dr. Ami's paper, the Chairman asked 

 if there were any present who would like to add their tribute, 

 and in response to this invitation, the following addresses were 

 made. 



Mr. Frank T. Shutt, Chemist of the Dominion Experimen- 

 tal Farms, spoke as follows: — 



It is as a co-worker and friend of many years that I would 

 add a word of tribute to-night to the memory of the late Dr. 

 Fletcher. As most of you are aware, Dr. Fletcher and I have 

 been colleagues since the establishment of the Experimental 

 Farm system, now twenty-one years ago, and from the first we 

 became fast friends. His work and mine had the same field — 

 the Dominion of Canada — and it was only natural that a part of 

 our labours at least should be in common. Many of our investiga- 

 tions were carried out together, the chemical work supplementing 

 the botanical or entomological, as the case might be. As instances 

 I may cite our investigation to determine the agricultural value of 

 native and imported grasses and the many problems respecting 

 the efficiencv of insecticides. With a full realization of the value 

 of the results from the biological standpoint, he, at the same 

 time, recognized the importance of chemical data. Further,, 

 while making himself cognisant of the chemical details, he 

 kept well within his own province in his dicta, referring his 

 readers or hearers to the right authorities when, in treating of 

 a subject, it was necessary to bring before them facts outside 

 his domain and requisite to present the matter in its fullest 

 aspects. You will thus see that it was a very pleasant thing to be 

 associated with him and that our work was carried out together 

 in the most harmonious manner. 



Of his ability as an economic botanist and entomologist, and 

 the most excellent services he has given to his adopted country as 

 such, there are many here to-night better qualified to speak than 

 I am. But I would add a word to this testimony in my belief that 

 his latge and wide knowledge of Canada and of the conditions that 

 prevail in the various parts of the Dominion was of inestimable 

 value to those 'to whom he was imparting information. He had 

 travelled and observed in every province of the Dominion and 

 this in itself gave much weight to his opinions and advice. 



