10 PROTECTION OF PLANTS, 1920-21 



articles. It was decided that, in view of the fact that our Society serves as a 

 medium for more than papers dealing with entomological questions, the matter 

 be kept under advisement until the next annual meeting. 



It was decided to hold the summer meeting at the discretion of the Exec- 

 utive. 



GENERAL SESSION 



The general session of the thirteenth annual meeting was opened at 3.00 

 p. m. in the Biology Building of Macdonald College, by the President, Prof. W. 

 Lochhead. 



Dr. F. C, Harrison, Principal of Macdonald College, extended a cordial 

 welcome to the visitors and delegates. The addresses and papers are printed in 

 detail in the body of the Annual Report. The guests of the Society were Prof. 

 H. H. Whetzel, head of the Department of Plant Pathology of Cornell Univers- 

 ity, Dr. W. T. MacClement, Professor of Botany at Queen's University, Kings 

 ton, and Mr. A. Gibson, Dominion Entomologist, Ottawa. Mr. Gibson gave 

 a very interesting talk on the work and equipment, both material and personal, 

 of the Dominion Entomological Service. His talk was well illustrated by lan- 

 tern slides. 



ADDRESS OF WELCOME 



By Principal Harrison 



It gives me great pleasure indeed to have with us again the visitors and 

 delegates to the Society. At previous meetings we have had a number of repres- 

 entatives from the Experimental Farm at Ottawa, from our friends at Oka and 

 Quebec, and also, as a rule, a distinguished visitor or two from the great Repub- 

 lic to the South of us, and this year is no exception to that rule. Among those 

 from Ottawa is the new Dominion Entomologist in his official capacity and we 

 congratulate him on his appointment to this post and give him a special wel- 

 come ; Father Leopold from Oka and representatives from the Quebec Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture are also present, and we are glad to see them and meet 

 them on the common ground f the subjects taken up by the Society. 



We are particularly pleased on this occasion to welcome Professor W. T. 

 MacClement, of Queens University, and Professor Whetzel, of Cornell Univers- 

 ity. Cornell has always kept in touch with Canadian Institutions — especially 

 Institutions of Agriculture. A large number of our staff have studied at Cornell 

 so that when we have visitors from that University, we do not look on them 

 merely as visitors, but have a much warmer feeling for them. As a postgraduate 



