examples of economy in labor that has ever yet soothed ami flattered the otiiim cum 

 dignitateo{ a labor-shirkiug aud a labor-saving world. Wonderful D. J. B. ! ConM- 

 iug ex-Commissioner! Happy and grateful Floridians '" 



A caricature ou this tbeme, drawn by Mr. Glover in 1859, with him- 

 self portrayed as the "saurian phle- 



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botomist," is presented herewith 

 (Fig. 3). 



Du)iug the remainder of the year 

 1858, while in Florida, he was in- 

 dustriously employed with field 

 observations, visiting plautatious 

 aud groves in different parts of the 

 State, syringing whole groves of 

 orange trees, engraving his plates 

 aud writing his notes, besides other 

 work for the Department, such as 

 collecting live oak acorns, etc. .He 

 was sick much of the time, and com- 

 l)lains sorely of mosquitoes aud simi- 

 lar insect pests. A characteristic 

 eutry iu his journal is as follows : 

 " Etching, itchiug, and scratching as usual from 8 to 4; scratching with 

 pen from 8 till 12, and with finger nails continually." 



He severed his connection with the ofiflce very early in 1859. His 

 final report is published in the volume for 1858, and in the Commission- 

 er's report in the same volume the statement is made that "the Ento- 

 mologist has brought his labors to a close." The principal reason for 

 his leaving the service was his inability to get along with the chief 

 clerk, whom he always considered of small ability, and a man who shone 

 only by borrowed light. 



The appreciation of his efforts by others always gave Mr. Glover great 

 satisfaction. A little glimpse of this side of his nature, in statements 

 made confidentially to his cousin (Mr. Clapham), I trust will not be con- 

 sidered out of place here : 



I am disgnsted with United States service, as I have been situated, subject to the 

 whims aud orders of a maceuveriug and ignorant charlatan ; no doubt I could re-en- 

 ter in winter if I wished, as all the members and Senators are friendly to my views, 

 but I will not unless I have more scope and privileges, and can do my work in my own 

 way. As soon as the former Commissioner, the Hon. Judge Mason, heard of my being 

 out of the service he at once told me if I would accejit a situation next fall in Iowa, 

 he would have me appointed to make an (agricultural) entomological survey of the 

 State ; and my friend. Doctor Eock, writes to me that he is now endeavoring to have a 

 bill passed for that purpose. This was a great compliment, as Judge Mason is uni- 

 versally admitted to be one of the ablest and most intelligent oiBcers who has ever 

 been iu Government service and, as my chief, always treated me as well as possible. 

 At the same time be told me that " he always considered me as one of the chief stays 

 of the Agricultural Bureau, if not the chief stay itself," and paid me the compliment 

 that the service had lost one of its best men when I left. Such things written to you 



