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to leading authorities whom he wished to compliment, or to those who 
had loaned him insects. The borrowed material was not necessarily 
retained until the plates had been finished, for his first work on receipt 
of a species new to him was to make a careful drawing of it in detail, 
after which it was colored to life; the name was then written upon the 
drawing, together with brief notes (sometimes) for his guidance when 
it came to be engraved. The plates were laid out most carefully and 
the position of each insect indicated before a line was drawn. The fig- 
ures were then caretully traced upon gelatine, the lines filled with dry 
red lead, and the outline transferred to the copper. After this they were 
etched and finished with the graver in the usual manner. 
It has been a matter of surprise to me that Mr. Glover did not more 
carefully preserve the original drawings from which the figures on his 
plates were engraved. Many he did preserve, but by far the larger por- 
tion of the earlier ones are not now in existence, as far as I have been 
able to learn. Some of the more recent ones arenow in the possession of 
the National Museum, though chiefly relating to two orders.* But he 
always made a practice of coloring the first copy of a new plate very 
carefully for his private set of plates, his working set, as he called it,t 
and subsequent copies were colored from this. 
In 1868, when the Department of Agriculture was removed to its 
new building, the entomologist was able to have a room to himself, to 
which he brought a large library, and where he deposited his plates for 
safe keeping. An amusing peculiarity of the man at this time was 
shown in the matter of book-shelves, which, for reasons of his own, he 
fitted up at his own expense, from boxes, though there was no necessity 
for his doing so. 
He was now allowed a special museum assistant, a taxidermist, and a 
messenger, in addition tothe regular entomological assistant, and the 
demands of the museum upon his time were thereby lessened. This 
left the hours of official duty more free for entomological investigation, 
for the compilation of notes from current literature and from authori- 
ties whick previously had been only partially reviewed; though it 
should be stated that no inconsiderable portion of the day was devoted 
to callers, and to those seeking information upon a wide range of sub- 
jects connected with the museum display or otherwise. To all heshowed 
the utmost courtesy, though the more prominent of his visitors were 
invariably taken to his private office to see the work on insects. The 
scheme was there unfolded in detail, and he ever delighted to talk to an 
intelligent listener. He described the design in full, and at the same 
time illustrated its utility by referring to some well-known injurious 
species, invariably closing with the reading of a brief account of its his- 
tory, with references to remedies and to the figures of the insect in dif- 
ferent stages upon his plates, and with the stereotyped query: “‘ How 
do you like the plan?” 
* Many of the Florida drawings are in the Harvard College library. 
t This is now in the National Museum. 
