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corded observations, and have been found to be very useful com- 

 pendiums. He also prepared a report upon " Insects Affecting the 

 Cranberry, with Remarks on Other Injurious Insects," which was 

 published in the Report of the U. S. Geological Survey for 1876, 

 1878. 



Packard lived a very useful life and was counted one of the fore- 

 most men in zoology in America. He was a member of the National 

 xA.cademy of Sciences, an honorary member of the Entomological 

 Society of France, and an honorary fellow of the Entomological and 

 Linnean Societies of London. His great " Guide to the Study of 

 Insects," published in 1869 and republished in several editions, was 

 for many years the standard book on this subject in the United States 

 and was constantly consulted by all American entomologists. 



Doctor Packard's personality was very attractive. He was charm- 

 ingly courteous to younger workers. His faulty palate, although it 

 was the cause of some embarrassment to him and made him appear 

 at first rather unapproachable on account of his disinclination to talk 

 at length, nevertheless did not prevent him from lecturing in an 

 impressive and interesting way. His influence in the development of 

 applied entomology in America was probably greater than that of any 

 other man who did not virtually devote his whole time to this work. 

 Professor Cockerell, in his charming biographical memoir just re- 

 ferred to, mentions a curious personal peculiarity which I think I told 

 to Cockerell. It was in the way of economizing paper. He would write 

 his manuscript on any scraps of envelopes, wrapping paper and so on 

 that were available. These were numbered and constituted his manu- 

 script. Considering this peculiarity together with Packard's not too 

 legible handwriting, one can imagine the difficulty I had in editing the 

 big report on " Insects Affecting Forest and Shade Trees " with its 

 957 pages. Cockerell mentions incidentally that the famous English 

 entomologist, Professor Westwood, had this same habit; and this 

 reminds me that when Westwood died (in 1893) Doctor Packard was 

 spoken of as his possible successor to the Hope professorship of ento- 

 mology at Oxford. I remember that C. V. Riley was also an ardent 

 candidate for the same position and that he personally solicited the 

 interest of certain of the authorities upon whose votes the position 

 depended, and that at one time he was quite certain that he would 

 receive the appointment. That Professor Poulton got the place was 

 a great disappointment to Riley, although Doctor Packard, I feel sure, 

 was quite content with his very agreeable post as Professor of Zoology 

 and Geology at Brown University. 



