ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. 



ANNUAL MEETING. 



The forty-fourtli annual meeting of the Society was held in the Bio- 

 logical Building of the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, on Thursday, 

 October 31st, and Friday November 1st. The chair was taken by the Presi- 

 dent, Dr. James Fletcher, Entomologist and Botanist of the Dominion Ex- 

 perimental Farms. Among those present were Rev. Dr. Fyles, Levis, P.Q.; 

 Mr. Henry H. Lyman, Montreal; Mr. Arthur Gibson, Central Experimental 

 Farm, and Mr. C. H. Young, Ottawa; Dr. Brodie, Dr. E. M. Walker, Mr. 

 J. B. Williams and Mr. C. W. Nash, Toronto; Mr. J. F. Calvert, Orange- 

 ville; Professors Hutt, McCready and Bethune, Messrs. Jarvis. Eastham, 

 Howitt, Zavitz, Crow, Klinck, and a number of students of the Ontario 

 Agricultural College; Mr. Howes, Principal of the Consolidated School, Mr. 

 Graesser and others, Guelph. 



Letters expressing regret at their inability to be present were received 

 from Mr. C. C. James, Deputy Minister of Agriculture for Ontario; Mr. W. 

 H. Harrington, Ottawa; Mr. G. E. Fisher, Burlington; Prof. Dearness and 

 Messrs. W. E. Saunders and J. A. Balkwill, London; Mr. J. Fred. Smith, 

 San Jose Scale Inspector for Ontario; Mr. Walter James Brown, Editor of 

 iheWeehly Globe and Canada Farmer, Toronto; Mr. A. McNeill, Chief of 

 the Fruit Division, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa; Mr. P. W. Hod- 

 getts. Secretary of the Fruit Growers' Association, and others. 



THE ENTOMOLOGICAL OUTLOOK. 



[Jlie Annual Address of the President.] 



By Dr. James Fletcher, Dominion Entomologist, Ottawa. 



Ladies and Gentlemen : It is with feelings of pleasure and pride that 

 I welcome you and invite all present to take part in the Forty-fourth Annual 

 Meeting of the Entomological Society of Ontario. During its long and use- 

 ful life, this organization through its efficient officers, has made a constant 

 and consistent endeavour to render its efforts not only useful to the Province 

 in which it has held an official position as an intregal part of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, but also effective in advancing the scientific develop- 

 ment of the science of entomology. Under the patronage and with the ex- 

 pressed sympathy and encouragement of the Minister of Agriculture and our 

 highly esteemed Deputy Minister of Agriculture, our society has from the 

 beginning until the present time continued to grow in usefulness and public 

 appreciation among those for whom our efforts have been made. It is not 

 now necessary to draw attention individually to the many stalwart men who' 

 have served on the councils, everyone of whom has been of great value to the 

 society in adding to its stability, dignity, and usefulness; in building up 

 its reference collections and magnificent library; in solving the various 



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