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Again in 1923 I saw him at the International Conference of Phyto- 

 pathologists and Economic Entomologists at Wageningen. He took 

 no active part in the proceedings, but on my mentioning his name in 

 my opening address it was greeted with loud applause, and later, 

 when he entered the room, every one arose. In 1925 he had evidently 

 failed in health and was nutch less vigorous than he appeared to be 

 in 1921. 



He died at Wageningen, Holland, on the night of April 6. 1928. 

 We were very warm friends, and it is a cherished thought that the 

 last thing written by him was an article about my 70th birthday which 

 was published the week after his death, in a Netherlands scientific 

 journal edited by Doctor Schoevers. 



Referring to the International Conference of Phytopathologists 

 and economic entomologists held at Wageningen in 1925, I believe 

 that the quarantine above referred to had something tO' do with the 

 choice of myself as honorary president of the Conference. However, 

 such a choice had not the slightest influence upon the quarantine atti- 

 tude of the United States Government. Of course, I had no connec- 

 tion with the Federal Horticultural Board, and in fact no one 

 connected with the Board was at the Conference. The meeting itself. 

 however, was of interest and importance. In the first place, it brought 

 together the phytopathologists and the economic entomologists as 

 independent though cooperative groups. This was eminently proper 

 and was the first indication of the proper use of the term " phyto- 

 pathology " by a European organization. In addition to its rather 

 unique scope, the assemblage was notable from the fact that the 

 Central Powers were represented by delegates for the first time 

 since the World War. France was represented by Marchal, Mangin, 

 Foex, and others, Germany by Appel and others, and Belgium by 

 Van Hoove and Mayne. It was a notable conference from many 

 points of view. Its organization was made continuous, and subse- 

 quent international conferences of this precise kind will undoubtedly 

 be held. We visited many points in Holland and were greatly 

 impressed by the remarkable cultures and their intensive and cleanly 

 character. 



As to the work of the Hollanders in the Dutch East Indies, their 

 work in everything relating to agriculture has been sound and enter- 

 prising and their experimental work, especially in the great botanical 

 station at Buitenzorg, has long been the admiration of specialists. In 

 their extensive sugar cane and tobacco work in Java and Sumatra 

 they soon encountered the question of insect damage and some ad- 



