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on July 2, 1862, and was later thrice amended. An impulse was 

 also received from the subsequent foundation of experiment 

 stations, most of them in connection with the Land-grant 

 Colleges. There also took place throughout the country a 

 quickening of interest in so-called "Nature-studies," which has 

 become intensified with the lapse of years. Entomology has 

 found its way into the curricula of a number of the higher insti- 

 tutions of learning, and to some extent obtains a foothold in the 

 schools of elementary grade in a number of the States. The ease 

 with which material for study can be obtained in this branch of 

 science, the wide range of biological facts which are brought into 

 view, as well as the curious structure and beauty of many 

 insects, appeal to many minds. While our science has not as 

 yet assumed the same prominence which is accorded to botany 

 in the curricula of institutions of learning, it nevertheless cannot 

 any longer be regarded as an unpopular study. 



I have alluded to the important influence exerted by the 

 governmental recognition of the economic importance of ento- 

 mology as having had its influence in the development of the 

 science, and the multiplication of students in its various 

 branches, but we ought not to fail to remember how large is the 

 debt which is owing to the labors of individuals, who had 

 little or no support in their labors from the governments of the 

 States or from that of the Nation. Many of the foremost 

 laborers in the field had to depend entirely, both in the prosecu- 

 tion of their researches and in the publication of the results, 

 upon what their own pocket-books could provide, or upon the 

 scant assistance which was given them by the learned societies 

 to which they happened to belong. We are under profound 

 obligations to the self-denying and patient labors of such men 

 as Philip R. Uhler, Samuel H. Scudder, Alpheus S. Packard, 

 William H. Edwards, Henry Edwards, John L. LeConte, and 

 Dr. George Horn, to mention only a few of the illustrious dead, 

 who brought to their work magnificent intellectual power, 

 profound learning, great experience, and unquenchable enthu- 

 siasm. I have personal knowledge of the great sacrifices made 

 by these men in their efforts to pave the way for those who 

 •should come after them. At great cost without hope of reward 

 they laid the foundations upon which we are still building. 

 None of the men of whom I am speaking, unless it be Packard 

 and Scudder, received even indirectly assistance from the public 



