282 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



In 1875 he married Lfna Rosewald and soon after became 

 curator of the Maryland Academy of Science and naturaHst of the 

 city parks. During this time, he did much work in John Hopkins 

 University and did much scientific work in his private laboratory. 

 One pleasant and valuable experience was a trip to South America, 

 in which he collected museum material for the city parks. In 1885 

 he was appointed assistant in the division of entomology in the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture. From there he came to Minnesota in 

 1888, where for thirteen years he held the position of professor of 

 entomology in the university and entomologist of the experiment 

 station and for several years had been state entomologist. The fol- 

 lowing is quoted from a recent article in "Science" by Dr. L. O. 

 Howard : 



"His first entomological experience in the state of Minnesota 

 was one of great interest and importance, and his vigorous and in- 

 telligent action in the face of a great emergency fixed his standing 

 as a most useful officer firmly in the minds of the Minnesota farmers. 

 An enormous swarm of the Rocky Mountain locust, or western 

 migratory grasshopper, had settled down in Ottertail County. By 

 Lugger's advice and energetic field work, backed as he was by a 

 public-spirited and intelligent governor (Hon. W. R. Merriam, now 

 director of the U. S. Census) who personally guaranteed the funds 

 necessary for the campaign, the hordes of destructive insects were 

 annihilated, and great damage was averted. 



"From that time to the time of his death, nearly thirteen years, 

 Lugger's work was most active ; his publications were frequent, and 

 he gained the profound respect of his constituents and of the scien- 

 tific men of the country. His bibliography, covering about thirty 

 titles of record, comprises almost exclusively articles on economic 

 entomology, but he was by no means a one-sided naturalist. He 

 was a good botanist and published several papers concerning plant 

 diseases, notably his article on the black rust (Bulletin 64, Univ. 

 Minn. Agric. Exp. Station). 



"Some years ago he began the publication of a series of large 

 papers which when brought together would have formed an elabo- 

 rate treatise on the entomology of Minnesota. The parts which 

 had been published were an extensive paper on the parasites of man 

 and domestic animals (Bui. 48, 1896, Minn. Agr. Exp. Station, pp. 

 y2-2yo, figs. 187, plates 16), the Orthoptera of Minnesota (Bui. 55, 



1897, pp. 91-386, figs. 187), the Lepidoptera of Minnesota (Bui. 61, 



1898, pp. 55-334, figs. 237, plates 24), the Coleoptera of Minnesota 

 (Bui. 66, 1899, pp. 85-331, figs. 249, plates 6), and the Hemiptera 

 of Minnesota (Bui. 69, 1900, pp. 1-259, figs. 200, plates 15). It is 



