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REPORT OF THE SOCIETY ^^TANlQAt. 9 



ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE QUEBEC SOCIETY 

 FOR THE PROTECTION OF PLANTS 



Report of the Summer Meeting 



A special meeting of the Society was held on August 7, 1918, at the Parliament 

 Buildings in Quebec in commemoration of the scientific services of the late Abbe 

 Leon Provancher, the eminent Canadian Naturalist. One of the chief objects of 

 the meeting was to unveil a brass tablet erected in the Provincial Museum in 

 honor of Provancher by the Quebec Society for the Protection of Plants. 



The unveiling ceremony was conducted by Professor Lochhead before a 

 large audience in the Exhibit Chamber of the Provincial Museum. The tablet 

 in honor of the famous Abbe bears the following inscription (in French). 



In Memory 



of 



LEON PROVANCHER 



Entomologist and Naturalist 



1820-1892 



Erected by the Quebec Society 



for the Protection of Plants 



1918 



The members and delegates later adjourned to the Public Bills Committee room 

 where the general meeting was held. In a fine address President Lochhead paid 

 a warm tribute to Provancher's scientific attainments and remarkable industry 

 through which he was enabled to contribute so largely to our literature. Mr. 

 George Maheux, Provincial Entomologist, reviewed the life and career of Pro- 

 vancher, and Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt, Dominion Entomologist, discussed his 

 scientific investigations and paid a warm tribute to the technical value of his 

 publications. The Provincial Government was represented by Hon. Cyrille 

 Delage, and the Minister of Agriculture by Mr. J. A. Grenier, who delivered very 

 appropriate addresses. They were followed by Lieut. -Col. H. O. Roy, who with 

 his wife, son, and daughters represented the family of the late Abbe Provancher. 

 .__ In his address Lieut.-Col. Roy expressed his appreciation of the honor paid to his 

 ^ wife's uncle by the Society. Madame Roy had lived with her uncle, the Abbe 



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