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It should be stated moreover that Mr. Carnegie's interest in this 

 matter did not end with this sending over of the EngHshmen. He 

 paid the expenses of K. Escherich's three months of travel in this 

 country in 191 1, and those of Paul Marchal in 1913 for a journey 

 of the same length. While none of the Englishmen have published 

 specific accounts of their work in the United States, both Escherich 

 and Marchal published important books. That of Escherich's is 

 entitled " Die angewandte Entomologie in den Vereinigten Staten." 

 It is a fully illustrated, royal octavo book of nearly 200 pages and 

 was published by Paul Parey, Berlin, 1913. Marchal's book is even 

 larger. It is entitled " Les Sciences biologiques Appliquees a I'Agri- 

 culture aux Etats-Unis." It is also a fully illustrated volume, and 

 covers nearly 400 pages of royal octavo. It was originally published 

 as a part of the Annales des Epiphyties, Volume 3, Paris, 1916. The 

 influence of both of these books in Eurojje and other parts of the 

 world has been very great. 



It might be of interest to relate an incident apropos to Carnegie's 

 assent to my proposition that he make it possible for Marchal to 

 come over. In France, in the summer of 1912, I asked Marchal 

 whether he would like to visit America if I could arrange the financial 

 side. He said yes ; and on my return I wrote to Mr. Carnegie and 

 asked him if he would pay the distinguished Frenchman's expenses. 

 He wrote me a characteristically brief reply in the following words : 

 " Certainly. How much ? " I answered that the three months' trip 

 would probably cost about a thousand dollars but that, in order to 

 make it perfectly safe, he might send me his check for twelve hundred. 

 I do not know whether there was anything characteristically Scotch 

 in his action, but he split the difference and sent me his check for 

 eleven hundred dollars ! 



The remarkable work that has been done in the British colonies and 

 dominions will be treated rather specifically in other parts of this 

 volume, but, since we are considering Great Britain here and as very 

 many of the workers in the dominions and colonies have come from 

 the British Isles, this in an appropriate place to pay general tribute 

 to their competence and to express my admiration for the wonderful 

 work they have done. During the last 15 or 20 years many of them 

 have passed through Washington, all having come to the United 

 States to study American methods in insect warfare. I remember 

 very well the visits of the following: 



W. W. Frogatt, New South Wales. 



T. F. Dryer, South Africa. 



T. J. Anderson, British East Africa. 



