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a great pity that Dr. Lugger did not live to complete this series, 

 since the elaborate numbers were profusely illustrated and were 

 prepared with great care and written in most interesting style. At 

 the time of his death he was preparing the part on Diptera, in which 

 he intended possibly to include the Neuropteroids. It is greatly to 

 be hoped that his manuscript was sufficiently advanced to permit 

 its publication. 



"Aside from his scientific ability, Lugger was a man of ad- 

 mirable qualities. His wide information, his agreeable personality 

 and his keen sense of humor made him one of the most delightful 

 companions I have ever known. Many of his stories and humorous 

 sayings are current among entomologists all over the United States, 

 and his loss will be felt for many years to come." 



Dr. Lugger's public work in Minnesota forms an interesting 

 chapter in his life's history. I remember his first public lecture, 

 which was given before the state horticultural society in the old 

 market hall at the corner of Hennepin and First street north. Upon 

 the invitation of the secretary to address the society on that evening, 

 Dr. Lugger prepared an elaborate paper on "Insect-Eating Plants." 

 He had expected to occupy the entire evening with his lecture, and 

 besides writing' it out in excellent form he had prepared many 

 colored drawings which he displayed before the audience. He was 

 not called until after several others were heard, and the audience 

 was already well tired with long sitting before he began. 



His speech was then somewhat broken with German brogue, 

 and the audience had much difficulty in following him until he left 

 reading and began, to talk about the pictures, when all were alive to 

 the ability and to the interesting character of this new-comer into 

 Minnesota agriculture. This speech taught Dr. Lugger that he 

 could not interest Minnesota audiences by reading scientific papers 

 to them, but could greatly interest them by his talks and his pictures. 

 He developed from this time very rapidly as a public speaker, 

 whether before his classes, before delegations of farmers visiting 

 university farm, before county commissioners and public meetings 

 of farmers interested in destroying grasshoppers or before any of 

 the numerous state and national societies in which he presented 

 scientific and practical subjects. He not only learned to talk well, 

 but his ever ready wit and his many illustrations made of him a most 

 entertaining lecturer. Some of the papers he presented before the 

 state horticultural society required days and even weeks of patient 

 labor in preparing the colored illustrations. The newspapers of 

 Minnesota have had many interesting articles from Dr. Lugger's 

 pen. He did not confine his scientific work nor his writings simply 



