338 JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY [Vol. 1 



ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



OF ONTARIO 



The Forty Fifth Annual Meeting of this society will be held at the 

 Agricultural College, Guelph, on the 5th and 6th of November under 

 the presidency of Dr. James Fletcher of Ottawa. The first session 

 will be held on Thursday afternoon and the meeting will continue 

 during that evening and the whole of the following day. On Thurs- 

 day evening a popular address will be given by Dr. Felt, State Ento- 

 mologist of New York, and short addresses will also be given by Presi- 

 dent Creelman of the College and ]\Ir. C. C. James, Deputy JNIinister 

 of Agriculture for Ontario. At the morning and afternoon meetings 

 papers will be read by various members of the society on a variety 

 of topics, both economic and scientific. Visitors from a distance will 

 be very heartily welcomed, and any papers they wish to bring forward 

 will be gladly received. Those who intend to be present are requested 

 to inform Professor Bethune, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, 

 Canada, some time during the week previous to the meeting, and to 

 let him know the titles of any papers they wish to present. 



C. J. S. Bethune. 



Scientific Notes 



Shade tree work in Brooklyn. The work of this city in the cave of its 

 shade trees was extended last year to include a systematic warfare aiiainst 

 the tussock moth (our worst enemy) and other insects. In the winter, spring 

 and during the last few weeks, egg masses of the tussock moth have been 

 collected from trees over a large area and burned. The owners of adjoining 

 property have been asked to clean their fences and house walls, throujih the 

 medium of a postal card and also by verbal notification. The results have 

 been most encouraging. There appears to be a sad lack of knowledge among 

 people as to the simplest methods of caring for their trees and fighting in- 

 sect pests. Our work has thus served as a very efficient object lesson, if 

 one is to judge from the numerous letters requesting attention from other 

 sections of the city and the hundreds of queries regarding methods and 

 formulae. 



On the hatching of the first brood of caterpillars early in June, all the 

 trees within the cleaned area were banded with cotton batting in order to 

 prevent reinfestatiou by caterpillars hatching from egg mas.ses on neighbor- 

 ing fences. 



A series of chemical and field tests with some of the most important brands 

 of arsenate of lead purchased in the market revealed some very important 

 facts regarding the worthlessness of some that were thought genuine and the 

 good quality of others. This information will prove very helpful another 



