AUTUMN NUMBER il 
Mrs. N. M. G. Prange, of Jacksonville, was one of the enthu- 
siastic attendants at the recent Citrus Seminar at Gainesville. 
Mr. Wilmon Newell, Plant Commissioner, attended confer- 
ences, regarding the European corn borer, at Albany, N. Y., and 
Boston, Mass., on August 28th and 29th. He afterwards visited 
Riverton, N. J., and made a personal investigation of the Jap- 
anese beetle infestation at that point. 
Prof. S. I. Kuwana, Government Entomologist of Japan, re- 
cently visited Florida. At Orlando he visited the Bureau of 
Entomology Laboratory in charge of Mr. W. W. Yothers, at 
Tampa he investigated the quarantine work of the State Plant 
Board, and at Largo the citrus canker eradication work, after 
which he spent two days at the University of Florida Experi- 
ment Station and the State Plant Board offices at Gainesville. 
Mr. L. Russell Warner, Asst. Quarantine Inspector for the 
State Plant Board, is ill with typhoid fever at Key West. For- 
tunately his condition is not considered as critical and hopes are 
entertained for his steady recovery. 
Mr. Frank Stirling installed and had charge of an exhibit for 
the State Plant Board at the West Florida Fair, at Marianna, 
October 28th to November Ist. 
Mr. D. N. Reynolds is at present assisting the farmers of 
western Florida and particularly those of Jackson and Liberty 
Counties in dealing with the mosaic disease of sugar cane. 
Mr. A. L. Swanson is heading a small party of inspectors 
assigned by the Plant Commissioner to the task of determining 
to what extent the mosaic cane disease may have become estab- 
lished around Lake Okeechobee. 
Dr. C. F. Hodge has accepted an appointment with the new 
Extension Division of the University and is a most welcome 
addition to our meetings. 
STRATEGUS WANTED—Am making a special study of this 
genus, of the Scarabeidae, and should be very glad to receive 
Florida specimens, especially of the rarer species. Will ex- 
change or pay cash. Address W. Knaus, McPherson, Kansas. 
