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able methods of dealing with them. No such work can ever be finished or ever be perfect, but 

 Miss Ormerod has done the task of a pioneer ; she has cleared away the obstructions of igno- 

 rance and has laid solidly and well the foundations of a knowledge that requires now only to be 

 kept up and added to as time goes on and changes naturally occur. A fuither quotation reveals 

 the nature of her work and her recognition of the services of others : 



" But the work was hard ; for many years for about five or six months all the time I could 

 give to the subject was devoted to arranging the contributions of the season for the annual report 

 of the year, with additions of the best information I could procure from other sources (in every 

 case, whether of contributors or otherwise, fully acknowledged). ... I claim no credit to myself 

 in the work ; but those who will look over the names of the contributors given with their infor- 

 mation will see how deeply indebted I am to them, and to other good friends, who have placed 

 their e^iperience and great knowledge at the public service. To them, and to all who have 

 assisted me, and to some who have allowed what began as agricultural communication to ripen 

 into valuable friendship, I offer my grateful thanks and my deep appreciation of their goodness, 

 and I trust they will believe that if, ad I well know, much of my work has not been as well done 

 as it would have been in better qualified hands, at least I have earnestly tried to do my very best." 



Miss Ormerod's investigations were not confined to insects affecting vegetation and farm 

 products, but included those attacking live stock also. One of her most useful works was her 

 campaign against the Ox Warble-fly, which she conducted with her accustomed energy and en- 

 thusiasm until the great suffering to animals, the heavy losses to their owners and the serious 

 damage to hides which it caused became known far and wide. As a result of her work cattle- 

 owners in all parts of the world now know the best course to pursue to rid their cattle of the 

 maggots of the insect, or better still, to prevent the insertion of the eggs that produce them. 

 Corresponding enemies of the horse, the deer and the sheep were also investigated by her, and 

 the results published in the annual reports. 



In addition to the four and twenty volumes of Reports, Miss Ormerod published a number 

 of other works on Entomological subjects; among these may be mentioned the "Manual of 

 Injurious Insects," 1881 ; " Guide to Methods of Insect Life," 1884 ; " Injuria us insects of 

 South Africa," 1889 ; " A Text-book of Agricultural Entomology " ; " Observations on Warble 

 Fly " ; "A Hand-book of Insects injurious to Orchard and Bush Fruits " ; and a number of 

 pamphlets on such subjects as the Hessian Fly, the use of Paris Green, the Turnip Fly, Root 

 attacks on Turnips and Cabbage, etc. 



Besides the distinctions already referred to Miss Ormerod was an honorary or corresponding 

 member of a large number of Scientific Societies in Europe,America,Australia and South Africa, 

 Fellow of the Entomological Societies of London and Stockholm, Honorary Entomologist to the 

 Royal Agricultural Society and subsequently Examiner in Agricultural Entomology in the 

 University of Edinburgh. For many years past she was an honorary member of, and took 

 much interest in, our Entomological Society of Ontario. 



Miss Ormerod was indeed one of the most remarkable women of the latter half of the nine- 

 teenth century, and did more than anyone else in the British Isles to further the interests of 

 farmer?, fruit-growers, and gardeners by making known to them practicable methods for con- 

 trolling and subduing their multiform insect pests. Her labours were unwearied and unselfish ; 

 she received no remuneration for her services, but cheerfully expended her own means in carry- 

 ing out her investigations and publishing their results. In private life she was kindly and hos- 

 pitable ; with an old-fashioned courtesy, and the manners and ideas of by-gone days, she and 

 her sister possessed a charm all their own, and the writer recalls with pleasant memories his visit 

 to their home at Isleworth. By whom in England her work can be confined we do not know ; 

 it is not likely that anyone can follow in the unique path laid out by Miss Ormerod. We may 

 therefore, cherish the hope that the Government of the day will hold out a helping hand and, 



