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I have thus, briefly, attempted to put before you the import- 

 ance of plant study. I hope I have not wearied you to such 

 an extent that you have determined you will have nothing to do' 

 with it but if so, I ask you to go out into the midst of nature and 

 let the plants, for which I have attempted to speak, use their 

 powers of persuasion, and I am sure you will excuse me for my 

 slow speech and blundering expressions. 



REMARKS. 



MuNSON — I think this lecture that we have listened to is one 

 of the most interesting features of the meetings and one of the 

 most important ones; but it is one whose importance is not 

 recognized by the people of the State in general ; one not recog- 

 nized by the teachers of the State, i. e., the importance of coming 

 to know and study plants instead of studying pictures. In most 

 of our high schools plant study consists merely in studying 

 nature text-books. But it is better to go directly to nature, and 

 I would thereby favor giving the audience an opportunity to 

 look over these specimens and I move that we have a recess of 

 ten minutes for the purpose of examining those specimens. 



(Recess.) 



SCALE INSECTS. 

 By F. L. Harvey. 



TXTRODUCTIOX. 



There have been no unusual injuries done by scale insects in 

 Maine during the past season. 



We are asked no doubt to prepare a paper upon them on 

 account of the deep interest awakened by the introduction and 

 rapid spread of the San Jose Scale in the United States and 

 partly because of the fear that this pest may become established 

 in ]\Iaine and information of its habits will be needed to enable 

 us to successfully fight it. 



The short time allotted us will be devoted to a consideration 

 of the 



(a) Classification and characters of scale insects. 



