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It was Linanimo'iisly resolved that Dr. J. C. Chapais, Mr. A. Gibson, and 

 Abbe Dom Gaboiiry be made Honorary Members of the Society. 



The continued increasing demand for copies of the Report of the Society 

 from other Societies, Universities, Colleges, Experiment Stations, etc., was 

 reported by the Secretary and was considered very satisfactory. It was 

 explained that the type of article in the Report was intended to suit as far 

 as possible the needs of a wide reading public. 



It was decided to postpone the summer meeting until December, in order 

 to meet in conjunction with the Canadian Branch of the American Phyto- 

 pathological Society, which is holding its annual meeting at Macdonald College. 



GENERAL SESSION 



The general session of the fourteenth annual meeting was opened at 2.00 

 p. m. by the President, Prof. W. Lochhead. The addresses and papers are 

 printed in detail in the body of the Report. The guests of the Society were 

 Dr. C. D. Howe, Dean of the Forestry School of Toronto University, and 

 Dr. J. H. Faull, Head of the Department of Botany of Toronto University. 



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

 welcome to the delegates and members and especially welcomed oar guests 

 from Toronto Universitv. 



THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS 

 SOME EARLY FOREST ENTOMOLOGISTS 

 By W. Lochhead, Macdonald College 



Ladies and Gentlemen : — 



This is the fourteenth annual meeting of the Quebec Society for the 

 Protection of Plants. Organized in 1908, this Society has endeavored to foster 

 the investigation of those insect and fungous agents that hinder the develop- 

 ment of plant life and to make available to all persons interested in the preserv- 

 ation of plants, whether they be forest or shade trees, or field and garden 

 crops, reliable information regarding the best methods of treatment in the 

 form of an Annual Report. The membership has never been a large one, but 

 it is thoroughly representative of both the French-speaking and the English- 

 speaking peoples of the Province. 



In the fourteen j^ears of the societj^'s existence, several members have 

 been lost b}- reason of removal to other provinces, and several have been lost 

 by death. The death of Dr. Gordon Hewitt, Dominion Entomologist, in 

 Feb. 1920, was a severe blow, and the recent deaths of Dr. Robert Campbell, 



