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appropriation from this State, and in demonstrating that it is 

 possible at a comparatively slight expense to control even these 

 wild, salt-marsh forms. 



Dr. Smith's death is a great loss to the State of New Jersey 

 and the American economic entomology.* 



Dr. Smith became associated in the work of the New Jersey 

 State Museum at its creation by an act of the Legislature in 

 March 26th, 1895. He was selected to have charge of the 

 Entomological Department as soon as the commission was 

 organized. The curator wrote to the Division of Entomolog}^ 

 of the U. S. National Museum asking it to recommend a man 

 to take charge of this department. This was the reply : "You 

 have the best man for the work in your own State, Prof. John B. 

 Smith, of Rutgers College. There is no better." This statement 

 proved true. 



My work with Dr. Smith has been one of the most delightful 

 and profitable of my life. He has supervised all of the insect 

 collections in the Museum, and the collection is among one of 

 the best. The collection he prepared for the Museum "How to 

 Exterminate Mosquitoes," shown at the St. Louis Exposition, 

 was the first of its kind ever exhibited at an exposition. It 

 was a wonderful exhibit and was studied by entomologists and 

 others from all parts of the world. It is now a part of the New 

 Jersey State Museum. 



Dr. Smith wrote the part of the Museum Report on "The 

 Insects of New Jersey," for 1910, which is one of the valued 

 Museum reports. 



We feel that the Museum, the State and the world has in his 

 death lost one of their best friends and workers. The work he 

 has done for the State, country and Museum will ever reflect 

 his usefulness. 



Silas R. Morse, 



Curator. 



* Taken from the Experimental Station Record, Vol. XXVI, No. 5. 



