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sibilities iu this direction, just the places to give the training that shall 

 best fit men to do the most valuable work. 



It will be my purpose, then, in the remainder of this address to describe 

 tbe equipment for such work and to explain the method which I believe 

 will give the best results. 



Of first importance is a good library. This should contain all the 

 standard works, periodicals, and monographs, so that a student who 

 may decide to study any insect or genus may find what has been written 

 upon the subject. Of course this can not be had at once, but it is so 

 essential that no effort should be spared to build up a complete ento- 

 mological library at the earliest possible moment. True, the scientist 

 should study things, not books, but he will find a wise use of books 

 most helpful in his study. 



Next to a library, such colleges should have good collections, which 

 indeed are often of more value than the library. A small show col- 

 lection illustrating the families and orders, and the several stages of 

 the most injurious species of the place, as well as the groups of bene- 

 ficial species should be open to the public. This will be studied and 

 appreciated b^" the practical farmer, who, as he visits the college, will 

 find it helpful, and will also interest and stimulate the under-class men 

 who will thus have their attention called towards insects before they 

 commence the regular study, which will not occur till they are well 

 along in the course. Drawing, botany, microscopy, and French and 

 Oerman, if thoroughly understood, will be great aids to the student who 

 commences the study of entomology. Thus this study will come late 

 in the course, and the show collection will be whetting the appetite of 

 the under-class men from the time they enter college, until they com- 

 mence this study. 



I would also have what I call the student collection. This is a pretty 

 full collection from the locality of the college. This I would hang up 

 on the wall in the lecture room, which I would have dark except when 

 in use, so as to preserve the color of the specimens. I would have this 

 in rather small cases with glass in front and also back, where it is de- 

 sirable, as in case of diurnals, to study both under and upper sides of 

 the wings. This collection should show at least types of each group in 

 all stages from egg to imago, as well as nests, cocoons, etc. This is an 

 object lesson, even before the student is even ready for use, by tbe 

 teacher to illustrate his lecture, and is at the disposal of the students 

 in naming their own collections or in closer study of any group. It 

 seems to me such a collection should be in every college. Lastly, I 

 would have a laboratory collection, which should be a biological collec- 

 tion, and the fuller the better. This is in large, tight glass-faced draw- 

 ers. I use the Harvard case. This is for use of the teacher and post- 

 graduates who desire to study further in this science. It is too valua- 

 ble for general use by the students, or to be kept to satisfy general 

 curiosity. 



