CONTENTS 



From 1858 to 1958 85 



Natural History Society 86 



State Laboratory of Natural History. 87 



State Entomologist 88 



Benjamin Dann Walsh 91 



William Le Baron 91 



Cyrus Thomas 93 



Stephen Alfred F"orbes 94 



Reorganization 97 



Natural History Survey 98 



The Future 101 



Economic Extomoi.ogv 104 



Early History 104 



Practical Problems and Progress 106 



Fruit Insects 106 



Truck Crop Pests Ill 



Cereal and F"orage Crop Pests 113 



Pests of Forest and Shade Trees 



and Ornamental Plants 118 



Insects Attacking Man 



and Animals 119 



Biological Control 120 



Value of Insect Control 123 



Emphasis for the Future 124 



Fauxistic Surveys 127 



Early Background 127 



Changing Habitats 128 



Periods of Faunistic Activities 128 



Initial Period, 1858-1869 129 



Expansion Period, 1871-1922 130 



Specialization Period, 



1923 to Present 132 



Research Collections 134 



Vertebrates 134 



Invertebrates Other Than Insects. . 134 



Insects 134 



Faunistic Reports 135 



Vertebrates 135 



Invertebrates Other Than Insects. .137 



Insects 137 



Retrospect and Prospect 144 



Applied Botany 



AND Plant P.athology 145 



Early Activities 146 



Recent Activities 149 



Plant Disease Survey 149 



Botanical Collections 152 



Shade and Forest 



Tree Pathology 154 



Floricultural Pathology 158 



Identification and Extension 159 



Past and Present 160 



Unsolved Problems 160 



Future Possibilities 161 



Aquatic Biology 163 



Beginning of Aquatic Ecology 163 



First Field Laboratory 165 



Fishes and Plankton 166 



The Fishes of Illinois 167 



Illinois River Plankton 167 



Bottom Fauna 168 



New Lines of Research 169 



Early Management Attempts 170 



Modern Management 170 



The Last Twenty Years 172 



Direction of Future Studies 177 



Wildlife Research 1 79 



Development 179 



Organization 181 



Research Contributions 183 



Birds 183 



Mammals 195 



Wildlife Management 198 



The Future 199 



Publications and Public Relations. 202 



Early Publications 203 



Publications Series 205 



Editorial Personnel 207 



Public Relations 208 



Editorial Policy 208 



Library 210 



The Library at Normal 210 



The Library at Urbana 210 



Library Collections 211 



Library Personnel 213 



Financial Support 213 



P'ormer Technical Employees 215 



Literature Cited 219 



