Proceedings, 1915. 



Mr. Pay: I think Mr. Treherne should be r-omineiuletl for what he has done; 

 he has taken a very important step. 



Mr. Treherne : I tliiuk it was taken up wrongly by the East as coming from 

 this Society as a resolution passed at our last annual meeting. 



FINANCES. 



Mr. Treherne : The finances of this Society at the present time are in excellent 

 shape. We received a Provincial grant of .¥300 last April. The Minister of Agri- 

 culture has for the last two years allowed us $250 each year. When writing him 

 last spring I asked hiui for this grant of $2.oO. and Informed him that we were §100 

 odd in the hole, and he very kindly remitted us the grant of .$2.50 plus .flOO. which 

 more than covers the deficiency, so now at the present time our accounts have 

 ajready been certified O.K.. and the balance in the bank at the present time is 

 $183.30. and .$.54 has been received in fees, and half of $34 would be $17. which added 

 to the $183.10 will give us the total sum we have in the bank. An account of the 

 finances to date is published in Bulletin Xo. 5. 



As a matter of form, I wrote to the Jliuister of Agriculture again and requested 

 him for another furtfier grant this year. I received a letter from Mr. Ellison in 

 which he stated : — 



" I note ,vour request for a grant of .$250 this year a.s previously. In reply, 

 would say that I shall endeavour to get this grant passed in the estimates, although 

 I cannot say whether it will go through." 



I also wrote to Mr. Scott. Deputy Minister of Agriculture, and he replied: — 



"Adverting to your letter of the 28th. I take pleasure in advising you that the 

 Honourable Minister of Agriculture has authorized uie to place the sum of $2.50 

 on the estimates for your Society. This will accordingly be done, and provided it 

 is passed by the Executive, will be payable at the beginning of the ensuing year for 

 the work of your Societ.v." 



I do not think there is anything else to bring up. 



The President: I think the next business will be the reading of the papers. 

 The first one is: "(a) Aphid Xotes from British Columbia: (h) Mii::iii)Iils (Ajihis) 

 abictina (the Green Spruce-aphis)," by H. F. Wilson, Corvallis. Oregon. 



Mr. Treherne : This is a paper Jlr. Wilson wrote for our Society regarding his 

 experiences when he was up here the summer before last. We are getting out a 

 little bulletin which will be Bulletin Xo. 5, and this paper will be given there. It 

 refers to the green spruce-aphis, which is doing more damage than any other insect 

 on the Coast at the present time. It is a periodical visitant. This bulletin will be 

 published in about ten days, so that I do not think it is necessary to take this 

 matter up before the Society. 



Afternoon Session. 



The President : The first paper this afternoon is on " Insects of the Green- 

 house." by G. E. Wilkerson, Victoria, B.C. 



Mr. Treherne: Mr. Wilkerson had to return to Victoria this afternoon, so 

 handed in his paper lo be read. 



INSECT PESTS IN GREENHOUSES. 

 By G. E. WlI.KEKSON, VlCTORH. B.C. 



In dealing with this subject I will endeavour to give a short description of the 

 ilift'erent pests, and to go more fully into the damage that they do and how I heir 

 presenc« may be detected, and the best way to eradicate them, or, at least, keep 

 I hem in cheek. This I will give from my own personal experience in greenhouse 

 work for the last twenty years in Victoria. I will endeavour to give only such 

 descriptions as any person connected with greenhouses can understand. 



