XLVIII ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
Vice-President—Henry Paffard. 
Secretary—Alfred Ball. 
Treasurer—Mrs. A. Servos. 
Committee—Rev. J. C. Garrett, Rev. N. Smith, R. Barron, B.A., 
Mrs. T. F. Best, Chas. Hunter. 
XX.—From The Entomological Society of Ontario, through the 
Rev. C. J. S. BETHUNE, D.C.L. 
When a society has attained to mature age, like an individual, it 
cannot be expected that its thirty-seventh year should be marked by 
any great crisis, or any striking event. It is natural, therefore, that 
the representative of the Entomological Society of Ontario should be 
able to present to the Royal Society of Canada only a report of quiet 
work and steady progress since our meeting a year ago. 
The thirty-seventh annual meeting was held in November last at 
London, the headquarters of the society. The opening proceedings 
were rendered notable by the joint meeting which was held with the 
recently organized London Horticultural Society. It was held in the 
splendid new building of the Normal School, and was attended by a 
large and appreciative audience representing both the societies and the 
general public as well. It was presided over by Prof. C. C. James, 
Deputy Minister of Agriculture for Ontario, who delivered an address 
on the value of horticulture in its various aspects, its intellectual advan- 
tages, and its attraction for persons of literary tastes. He was followed 
by Mr. W. E. Saunders, of London, who read a paper on “ The planting, 
care and pruning of the trees in the parks and streets of the city,” which 
is a matter of much importance in a place whose beauty and attractive- 
ness largely depend upon the noble avenues of trees in the streets and 
the parks secured to the public by a wise and rare forethought. Dr. 
Fletcher, Dominion Entomologist and Botanist, then gave an address, 
illustrated with beautiful lantern pictures, and showing how trees should 
be grown and treated, and the admirable results that have been attained 
at the Experimental Farms at Ottawa and ‘in the Northwest. He 
also took up the subject of insects, and described a large number of the 
most destructive species and the remedies that may be most successfully 
employed against them. 
The afternoon of the following day was chiefly taken up with a 
discussion on the San José Scale in Ontario. Mr. G. E. Fisher, Pro- 
vincial Inspector, who was present by direction of the Minister of 
Agriculture, gave a full account of the prevalence of this most perni- 
cious insect in several localities, and of the experiments which had been 
