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It seemed to him that the fact that this international and interstate 

 matter was made a prominent feature was a very good indication of 

 progress, something that was hardly anticipated when the i\.ssociation 

 was established. There were so many good points in the address that 

 it was aTjsolutei}' impossible to do justice to it in a few minutes. Some 

 things, however, he considered entitled to especial emphasis, and one 

 was the matter of duplication of work. The fact that one mem))er 

 was working upon a given species in one State and another member 

 working upon exactly the same species in another State, while appar- 

 ently a duplication of work, is not, in fact, a duplication at all, because 

 in all probability very different results would ])e obtained. No two 

 men see the same thing in the same light, and climate, latitude, and 

 elevation also have a great deal to do with the actions of insects. As 

 to the matter of mapping out work, it nuist be remembered that most 

 entomologists are limited in their powers, and, while they can plan 

 work, it is not always easy to carry it out, as a station director or a 

 board of trustees might greatly revise his plans. In regard to the 

 introduction of foreign parasites, it seemed to him that it is a Held we 

 are just entering, with the future all before us, and there would 

 be many failures; but where such work was carried out carefully he 

 believed it might prove successful with respect to a great many intro- 

 duced species of insects. AVhen we come to carry it out between 

 States, however, other difficulties will surround us. He went to a 

 great deal of pains to ol)tain from Professor Morgan an egg parasite 

 of Murgantia, and after getting it established it was swept out of 

 existence during the winter of 1898-99, and no good has come from 

 the introduction. He was also of the opinion that a great deal could 

 be done by an exchange of experiences with insecticides, such as had 

 taken place in the morning session, as insecticides seldom have the 

 same effect in different portions of the country. It had always seemed 

 to him that the work of the economic entomologist was very largely 

 to work out life histories, and after he had done this and had found 

 out methods that could be used to destroy the insect his duty ends and 

 the work of the horticulturist and the agriculturist begins. He did 

 not think it ought to he necessary for an entomologist to make of 

 himself a mechanical, hydraulic, or civil engineer. 



Mr. Fernald referred to the remark just made by Mr. Webster to 

 the effect that no two men saw the same thing in the same light, and 

 said that the same was often true in listening to an address, for gen- 

 erally no two men got the same ideas from it. For him other parts 

 of the address than those mentioned by other speakers had presented 

 themselves with particular force, and especially those with reference 

 to collections in connection with the insectary or entomological work 

 of any kind. It seemed to him that the work of a station, whether 

 connected with a college or not, is most emphatically educational, for 



