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the working, practical economic entomologists, as there is hardly any necessity for 

 a national association of any other kind. He suggests that when you come to Wash- 

 ington you and I together should draw up a constitution and by-laws and set forth 

 the objects of the association." 



The following month Fletcher came to Washington and spent some 

 time with me. Together we drafted the original constitution as pub- 

 lished in Insect Life for September, 1889, pages 87-88, and during his 

 visit Fletcher wrote the interesting article entitled "Preliminary Note 

 upon Chionobas (Oeneis) macounii Edw.," and Miss Sullivan m.ade 

 the excellent illustration accompanying the note, which is published on 

 page 45 of Volume II of Insect Life. I myself was busj^ in preparing 

 the article on a newly imported elm. insect {Gossyparia ulmi Geoff.) 

 published upon pages 34-41 of the same number. 



It was Fletcher's first visit to Washington, and we had a delightful 

 time together. He was enormously interested in everything — insects, 

 trees, plants, niggers — his interest and enthusiasm were absolutely 

 catholic. We were in the middle of the horn-fly investigation at the 

 time, and he took a trip into Virginia with me to study this insect 

 and experienced for the first time the July heat of Warrenton, which, 

 however, in no way lessened his energy and enthusiasm. 



Immediately after his departure I wrote to twenty-seven of the 



leading economic entomologists of the country, at follows: 



Dear : — I send you enclosed a circular just issued by Mr. James Fletcher, 



Entomologist and Botanist of the Central Farms at Ottawa, and President of the 

 Entomological club of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 

 who has just visited Washington. If you can possibly attend this meeting, I would 

 earnestly urge you to do so, and if you cannot attend please address a letter either to 

 Mr. Fletcher at Ottawa or to myself before August 22d giving us the benefit of your 

 ideas and stating further, if such an association is organized, you will consent to take 

 an active part in it hereafter. 



With this letter, I enclosed a copy of the draft of the proposed consti- 

 tution to Professor Forbes, to Professor Comstock, and to Doctor 

 Lintner. 



The Toronto meeting of the Am.erican Association in August, 1889, 

 was a great success. The Entomological Club of the Association held 

 a very interesting meeting, but the organization meeting of the Eco- 

 nomic Entomologists was attended by only nine of us, namely Prof. 

 A. J. Cook, who acted as Chairman, Dr. John B. Smith, who was 

 Secretary, Dr. C. J. S. Bethune, Mr. James Fletcher, Mr. E. Baynes 

 Reed, Mr. H. H. Lyman, Prof. C. W. Hargitt, Mr. E. P. Thompson, 

 and the writer. The meeting was held at Scarborough Heights, a 

 wooded knoll on the shore of Lake Ontario, the afternoon having been 

 devoted by the zoologists and botanists of the American Association to 

 a collecting expedition. 



In my address as President of the A. E. E., delivered at Brooklyn 

 August 14, 1894, I made a brief mention of this organization meeting 



