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dealt with the particular farm weeds prevalent in the various districts visited, the 

 agricultural treatments best stiited for their control and the answering of questions 

 concerning special pests, both plants and insects. 



August 2: Banff, Alta. — Collecting and examining the collections iu the Banff 

 National Museum with Mr. N. B. Sanson. 



August 3, 4: Laggan, Alta. — Collecting around Lake Agnes and on the moun- 

 tains around Laggan, where many rare plants and insects were secured. 



August 6: Vancouver. — Inspecting the fumigating station. Left for Victoria 

 the same evening. 



August 8. — Left for Duncans with Mr. Tom Wilson to inspect work done for the 

 Department of Indian Affairs in clearing the Indian orchards of pests which it was 

 alleged were a dangfer to the orchards of the white settlers. We were accompanied 

 by Mr. W. M. Robertson, Indian Agent for the Cowichan Agency, who was of much 

 use to us when treating with the Indians. 



August 9. — Returned to Victoria. Consulted with Mr. A. W. Vowell, Indian 

 Superintendent for British Columbia, as to carrying on the work in the Indian 

 orchards for the future. 



August 10. — Had a conference with the Hon. R. G. Tatlow, Minister of Agricul- 

 tuj"?, and afterwards with the Premier, the Hon. Richard McBridc, with regard to the 

 work which was being done in the Indian orchards. 



August 11. — Left for Agassiz, v/liich was reached the same night. 



August 12. — Visited Sir Arthur Stepney's hopyards, where a remarkable out- 

 break of a flea-beetle, Psylliodes punctula.ta, Melsh., has been doing much harm for 

 several years. Left for Kamloops and reached there at 6 o'clock the same evening. 



August 13. — Visiting orchards and giving advice on the treatment for Codling 

 Moth, of which there is a rather severe outbreak at Kamloops. There was to have 

 been a meeting of the Fruit Growers' Association at this place, but through some 

 misunderstanding it had not been arranged for. We were, however, able to m.eet 

 several of the fruit growers. Left for Revelstoke the same evening, and the next day 

 proceeded to Kaslo. 



August 15 : Kaslo. — Visiting orchards all day with Mr. J. W. Cockle, who had 

 been making investigations into the life-history of the Codling Moth in this locality, 

 and had also treated carefully a few trees which had been found to be infested by the 

 San Jose Scale the previous year. It was satisfactory to find that, although the 

 Codling Moth was abundant, the San Jose Scale was entirely destroyed on the treated 

 trees, and not a single specimen could be found in the locality. In the evening a 

 well attended meeting was held in the town hall, and a great many questions were 

 asked concerning the cultivation of fruit trees, and the insect enemies most likely to 

 occur in the Kootenays. 



August 19 : Nelson. — A large meeting of fruit growers was held in the town hall, 

 at which many matters relating to fruit growing were discussed, and particular 

 attention was paid to the insect pests occurring in the Kootenays and those which it 

 was thought might possibly be introduced. Mr. Anderson detected the Codling Moth 

 at Nelson during this visit; so, special attention was given to it, and the proper steps 

 to control it w«re explained. 



August 23: Indian Head. — Visiting -the Experimental Farm and farms in the 

 neighbourhood with Mr. Angus Mackoy, the Superintendent of the Experim.ental 

 Farm. 



October 31-November 1: Guelph, Ont. — The annual meeting of the Entomo- 

 logical Society of Ontario. Presidential Address : ' The Entomological Outlook.' 

 ' The Entomological Record, 1907.' 



November 15: Toronto. — Annual convention of the Ontario Vegetable Growers' 

 Association. Address : ' Insects that trouble vegetable growers and how to combat 

 iJiem.' 



December 19. — Macdonald College, Ste. iVnne de Bellevuc, Que. — Meeting of th>3 



