REPORT OF THE SOCIETY 11 



A large number of members of the staff and students of Macdonald 

 College were present at both sessions. 



The following resolutions were passed at the meetings: — 



Resolution 1. 



That on account of the great damage done to orchards by various 

 canker diseases it is necessary that a study of these cankers be made at once. 

 The Society asks that the Provincial Department of Agriculture take the 

 necessary steps to appoint an expert on this work. 



Resolution 2. 



The Society places on record its appreciation of the great work of the 

 late Henri Fabre, the eminent entomologist of France, who died October 

 11th, 1915. His great work "Les Souvenirs Fntomologiques" will for all 

 time be an inspiration to workers among insects. 



At the general meeting at which the president. Professor Lochhead 

 presided. Dr. Harrison welcomed the delegates and hoped that the meeting 

 would be a very successful one. He congratulated the province on having* 

 such a society within its borders on account of the excellent work it was do- 

 ing. Father Leopold gave an account of the proceedings of the annual meet- 

 ing of the Ontario F^ntomological Society at Ottawa last November. Mr. 

 A. Gibson of the Entomological Branch, Ottawa, described clearly the work 

 of the Entomological Branch with its field stations in the different provinces. 

 He also described the experiments carried on under his supervision for the 

 control of grasshoppers during the past two seasons. Mr. E. M. Duporte 

 of Macdonald College gave an account of the injurious insects of the 

 season 1915. Mr. W. A. McCubbin, located at the field station at 

 St. Catharines, gave a very interesting and timely address on the Pine 

 Blister Rust in Ontario, a disease which attacks the white pine. The alter- 

 nate hosts for this rust are currant and gooseberry. He threw out a warning to 

 Quebec that incipient outbreaks of this rust should at once be stamped out. 

 Mr. J. C. Chapais read one of his delightful popular papers on Chrysopa 

 or Golden Eyes. Father Leopold on behalf of Professor Letourneau read 

 a most interesting and valuable paper on Pear or Twig Blight, a disease 

 which is doing considerable damage in the orchards of this province. Mr. 

 Cowan of the Botanical Division, Ottawa, read a paper on "Some Potato 

 Problems," in which he discussed the various potato diseases. Father 

 Fontanel of St. Mary's College, Montreal, read a very interesting paper 



