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Investigator at Strathroy, Ont.; Mr. R. H. Painter, Junior Entomologist, at Port 

 Stanley, Ont.; Mr. H. E. Gray, Junior Entomologist, at Lethbridge, Alta.; Mr. 

 A. Robertson, Junior Entomologist, at Treesbank; Man.; Mr. R. M. White, Junior 

 Entomologist, at Treesbank, Man. Mr. J. N. KnuU, of the Pennsylvania Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Harrisburg, Pa., has been appointed as a temporary Entomolo- 

 gist for the summer and will assist Dr. Craighead in the spruce budworm investiga- 

 tions. Mr. KnuU reported for duty on May 29th and accompanied Dr. Craighead 

 on his recent trip to Long Lake, Que. Mr. C. B. Garrett appointed temporarily as 

 an Insect Pest Investigator is making collections, etc., in the Banff district. Mr. 

 L. M. How, appointed temporarily as an Insect Pest Investigator, reported for duty 

 on May 11th. 



The American Association for the Advancement of Science, Pacific Division meeting 

 at Salt Lake City was attended by quite a number of Entomologists. Saturday, 

 June 24th, the Entomologists, Pathologists, Ecologists and members of the Society 

 of Western Naturalists made an excursion up Parley's Canyon to study notable 

 formations and the peculiar flora and fauna. About fifty persons made the trip. 

 Among the persons attending this excursion were: Professor E. V. Gautier, of the 

 University of Algiers; Dr J. P. Lotsy, of the University of Ley den; Professor F.B. 

 Sumner, of Scripps Institute for Biological Research; Dr. David Starr Jordan, of 

 Stanford University; Dr. Barton W. Evermann, California Academy of Sciences; 

 Professor G. B. Rigg, University of Washington; Dr. W. L. Tower, American Hos- 

 pital, Tampico, Mexico; E. P. Van Duzee and wife, California Academy of Sci- 

 ences; Mr. R. E. Campbell and wife. Bureau of Entomology, Alhambra, California; 

 A. O. Larsen, Bureau of Entomology, Alhambra, California; Professor Hazel Field, 

 Mac Coun College, New Cleans, La.; A. R. C. Haas, Citrus Experiment Station 

 Riverside, California; Professor G. W. Hungerford, University of Idaho; J. M. 

 Reeder, University of Idaho; Dr. A. L. Lovett, Oregon Agricultural College; F. S. 

 Baker, Forest Service, Ogden, Utah; H. S. Reed, Citrus Experiment Station, Riv- 

 erside, California; Dr. I. M. Hawley, and Dr. B. L. Richards, Utah Agricultural 

 College, Logan, Utah; Professor H. R. Hagan, and Professor Pansy Evans, Univer- 

 sity of Utah; Professor A. O. Garrett, Salt Lake City High Schools, George I. 

 Reeves, Bureau of Entomology, Salt Lake City; G. G. Thorne, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, Salt Lake City; Dr. E. G. Titus, Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, Salt Lake 

 City; and a number of others. 



Horticultural Inspection Notes 



Messrs. J. LesHe Rogers and Frank D. Luddington have been given temporary 

 employment at the Connecticut Station in nursery inspection work. 



The brown-tail moth work in Nova Scotia was completed on March 31, a total 

 of 979 nests were collected during the winter as compared with 530 collected during 

 the preceding year. 



Inspectors of the Federal Horticultural Board on the Mexican Border have been 

 kept busy intercepting, in co-operation with Customs officials, contraband plant 

 material. To illustrate — during the fiscal year of 1921 and 1922, 19,773 avocados 

 were intercepted. 



Professor R. Kent Beattie of the Federal Horticultural Board attended the meet- 

 ing of the American Association of Nurserymen in Detroit from June 28 to 30, and 

 gave an address on "Protecting American Nurserymen Against Foreign Plant Pests." 



