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States Bureau of Entomology, wlio remarked " that as near as can be 

 determined the fungus is E. Megaspermum Cohn, which was described 

 in 1873 and has never been recorded since as far as I am aware." 



There is another phase of entomological endeavour which I have not 

 mentioned thus far in this review, for the reason that it constitutes a 

 separate branch of work. I refer to the Indian-orchard work. In 191 1 

 the writer entered upon his duties in British Columbia to relieve our 

 late lamented associate, !Mr. Tom Wilson, of his duties as Dominion 

 Inspector of Nursery Stock. Mr. Wilson previous to 191 1 combined the 

 duties at the Vancouver Fumigation Station with those essential to the 

 establishment and safe-keeping of Indian orchards. He found the work 

 necessary on the many Indian reserves in the Province so impo'rtant that 

 in 191 1 he was enabled to spend his whole time superintending Indian 

 orchards and agriculture in general. Plis work in this connection took 

 him to all parts of the Province, and his astonishing knowledge of botany, 

 zoology, and entomology made him an invaluable collector of insects and 

 insect records. Mr. Wilson carried on his duties until March 6th, 1917, 

 when he met an untimely death in a disastrous fire at the Coquihalla 

 Hotel, Hope, B.C. His loss was felt most severely in a personal and 

 professional way. The writer had the honour of writing his obituary 

 notice in our Bulletin No. 10, 1917, but this only half expressed the high 

 regard in which he was held. With Tom Wilson went a great mass of 

 information on insect-life which never now can be published. His death 

 was so sudden and unexpected that it was hard to realize the loss 

 entomology suffered. If a moral could be pointed, it should be impressed 

 upon us all that for the sake of the future we should make an endeavour 

 to cover by writing the important established data which our experience 

 produces. Mr. Wilson was succeeded by Mr. Walter B. Anderson in 

 the spring of 1918, who has carried on, similar duties that Mr. Wilson 

 was performing at the time of his death. Mr. Anderson proved an 

 inveterate collector and the National Museum in Ottawa has been 

 enriched to a very considerable extent as a result of his labours. 



The year 1919, as may be seen, proved an auspicious year for British 

 Columbia; It remained for this last year, 1920, to show the greatest 

 degree of development yet experienced in the Province. The progress 

 made in British Columbia has been due to the foresight of the late 

 Dominion Entomologist, Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt. I think it should be 

 clearly borne in mind that while the local officials of both Federal and 

 Provincial Departments of Agriculture -have done all in their power to 

 further the interests of entomology in the Province, nothing like the 

 progress shown would have been po.ssible without the support and 

 endorsation of Dr. C. Gordon Flewitt. It was with feelings of deep 

 regret that we heard of his untimely death by pneumonia in February 

 of this year. The studies planned for 1920 were planned at a time 

 previous to his death, and so I think we may still gi\e Dr. Hewitt credit 

 for- the developments shown during this past year. 



