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very true friend. Of course, Hewitt, following him, organized a large 

 Bureau of Entomology in the Dominion. That is one thing that 

 Dr. Howard has to look out for. There is going to be some rivalry 

 between the Bureau of Entomology in Canada and that in the United 

 States. But probably they will continue to help each other as they 

 always have. 



I find that you have a large niimber of promising young entomologists 

 in the service. I was greatly pleased at hearing a paper from my near 

 namesake the other day, and if he can hustle in his entomological work 

 as he hustled in giving his paper, all the entomologists in the United 

 States will have to look to their laurels. (Laughter) 



Now we have one more speaker on the program who can tell us some- 

 thing about the work that the entomologists are doing in Canada at the 

 present time. I am going to introduce as the next speaker, Professor 

 Lawson Caesar, professor of entomology at the Ontaiio Agricultural 

 College. (Applause) 



Professor Lawson Caesar: You spoke about the modesty of 

 Canadian entomologists, Mr. Toastmaster. I don't know whether it 

 is m.odesty or just what it is, but this evening so far as I could find out, 

 our worthy president must have visited every member of the Ento- 

 mological Society of Ontario, asking him to say a few words. He 

 finally came to me and said, "Caesar, you have got to do it. Every 

 other man said, 'I am afraid. Those fellows know too much for me.' 

 But Caesar, you don't mind," (Laughter) So that is my excuse for 

 speaking for a few minutes to you to-night. 



As I listened to Dr. Howard, Dr. Comstock and Prof. Osbom, a 

 thought came to me which I believe expresses the feelings of my fellow 

 Canadian entomologists. The thought was: that though we have 

 had excellent meetings the last three or four days, tonight's meeting 

 has been in real value the equal of all the others combined. I think 

 that expresses the feeling of all of us. (Applause) 



One of the wonders to me is that Dr. Howard, Dr. Comstock and 

 Prof. Osbom are today just as enthusiastic in their subject as they 

 ever were. And any of you who knew Dr. Fletcher knew that he was 

 one of the most wonderful men in his enthusiasm. I believe that 

 many of us Canadian entomologists owe our first interest in entomology 

 to having listened to Dr. Fletcher. I was thinking that if Dr. Fletcher 

 had been here along with these other men with his genial talk to add 

 to what has been said, the meeting would have been almost too ex- 

 cellent. 



For Canadians, it is a great treat to have had the opportunity to be 

 at this meeting of all the entomologists of North America. We have 

 looked forward to it with a great deal of pleasure. We cannot, with 



