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2-3 EDWARD VII, A. 1903 
Collections.—The work of arranging the collections in the Division of Entomology 
and Botany and putting them in such condition that they can be easily consulted by 
visitors, has progressed satisfactorily. Large numbers of specimens of both insects and 
plants have been received, and the collections are becoming a valuable source of reference. 
Mr. J. A. Guignard, who has charge of the herbarium, has added many mounted plants 
from all parts of the Dominion, which have been received from correspondents, sent in 
for identification, or collected by the various officers of the Division. Mr. Arthur 
Gibson has continued the arrangement of the cabinets of insects, and has added many 
interesting specimens illustrative of the life histories and habits of crop pests and other 
insects. 
During the season, as heretofore, many students in all parts of the Dominion have 
sent in specimens of insects and plants for identification. Many large collections have 
been received for this purpose, from which much valuable knowledge, as to the distribu- 
tion of our native insects and plants, and as to the occurrence of the weeds of cultivated 
lands, has been gathered. Records have been taken of these, and in addition many desir- 
able specimens have been acquired for the museum. So many collectors have generously 
presented specimens for our cabinets that it would be impossible here on account of 
limited space to give a list of these, but mention must be made of the following : 
A representative collection of British Columbian Geometride from the Rev. G. W. 
Taylor, of Wellington, B.C. . 
Collections in all orders of insects, and many consignments of the eggs of rare 
mountain species, from Mr. J. W. Cockle, of Kaslo, B. C. 
Rare British Columbian plants, from Mr. J. R. Anderson, Victoria, B. C. 
Acknowledyments.—As in the past I have been during the season of 1902 under 
great obligations to my many correspondents, including several members of the Select 
Standing Committee of the House of Commons on Agriculture, who have notified me 
of outbreaks of injurious insects and have assisted in carrying out experiments for con- 
trolling the same. It is not possible to report upon a great deal of this work at the end 
of each year, but careful records are always preserved, and, when occasion demands for 
the treatment of any subject in the annual report, great care is taken to give proper 
credit for such assistance where it is due. The value of exact observations is constantly 
being illustrated in the scientific study of insects, and this even many years after the 
observations were made. In devising remedies for injurious insects, the success or fail- 
ure of these will in all cases depend on the accuracy of our knowledge concerning the 
habits of the insects to be fought against. 
In conclusion, I take pleasure in again testifying to the assiduity and excellent 
work constantly done by my assistants, Mr. J. A. Guignard, B. A., and Mr. Arthur 
Gibson, to which such success as has attended the development of the Division is largely 
due. ; 
I have the honour to be, sir, 
Your obedient servant, 
JAMES FLETCHER, 
Entomologist and Botanist. 
