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quently verify, by personal observation in the field and orchard, the correctness of the 
theories and suggestions of other entomologists, and there aid them in devising rem- 
edies against ravages ofinsects. Many State governments have employed entomologists 
to aid the farmers in their warfare against noxious insects, and in this great work, 
which requires that the broad country be frequently visited, the entomological division 
of the Department of Agriculture might sometimes, without presumption, take the 
lead. 
Mr. Glover defended himself in a little brochure which he called “A 
Vindication,” which was published shortly after, wherein the extract 
referred to was given in full, the extent of quotation from other authors 
stated, and other portions fully replied to. Moreover, the chief clerk 
was privately held up to ridicule in a clever bit of doggerel -verse, 
which the professor read to all his intimates in the Department, though 
it was not permitted to get out of his hands. 
Regarding the fact that the Entomological Division was not engaged 
in field work throughout the country, Mr. Glover considered that his 
twelve years of previous field work amounted to something, and also 
maintained that it was sufficiently difficult to obtain the necessary funds 
for the routine work of the division without considering the greater 
expense of field observations and investigations. On this one point I 
think Mr. Glover was open to criticism, as he never made the effort to 
secure appropriations for the purposes of field work, but rested on past 
laurels. His private work may have been partly responsible. 
1 think the period from 1869 to 1872 marks the most active years of 
his entomological work during his connection with the Department of 
Agriculture. Not only was he more interested in the work of the En- 
tomological Division, but the preparation of the text of his private work 
received a greater impetus at this time, while the engraving of his 
plates was steadily pushed forward. By 1870 over ten years of labor 
had been spent upon his undertaking, and it had grown to such pro- 
portions that the framed plates, cut to octavo size and hung upon racks 
nearly 7 feet high, occupied one entire end of the Museum hall, which 
was 50 feet wide. His life was now a perpetual round of systematic 
employment, and he was even more settled in his habits than in 1859, 
when he detailed to a friend how he spent his time in a letter previ- 
ously quoted. Frequently up as early as 5 in the morning, he etched 
or drew until almost 9, saving a short intermission for breakfast, which 
for many years he had been in the habit of providing himself; though 
later, to save additional time, it was prepared for him and sent to his 
room. The hours from 9 to 3 in the afternoon were spent at the office 
in anentirechange of occupation ; then back to engraving again, which 
occupied him as long as he could see; then he took a short walk and 
obtained his supper. The evenings were always spent in writing; and 
it was a matter of pride to accomplish each night a certain task which 
he set for himself, and which he would not relinquish unul the last line 
was written. 
