PREFACE 



When Gordon Hewitt came to Ottawa in the fall of 1909 

 to enter upon his duties as Dominion Entomologist, he fully- 

 expected to return to Manchester University in a year or 

 so, there to continue his researches in entomology and his 

 lectures in zoology; but the call of Canada was not to be 

 ignored: he found work for a giant to do and he bent him- 

 self to his task. 



Ten years of life in office were allowed him, and, during 

 that time, he had the satisfaction of developing the Do- 

 minion Entomological Service from a small division, at- 

 tached to the Experimental Farm, to a separate branch of 

 the Department of Agriculture, with four divisions at Ot- 

 tawa, and twelve laboratories throughout Canada, organ- 

 ized for the purpose of watching, combating and forestall- 

 ing insect injury to forests and crops. Quarantine stations 

 were also established to prevent the importation of foreign 

 pests. For this work, trained, scientific men were required, 

 and here his enviable talent for selecting the right man for 

 the place, and in using his powers to the full stood him in 

 good stead. Indeed, the relation that existed between my 

 husband and his associates was like that which animates 

 a group of friends, where each one gives the best that is in 

 him and looks for the best in others — a bright record in 

 Civil Service history of loyalty and disinterestedness. Com- 

 menting on his remarkable faculty of choosing his associ- 

 ates and attaching them to himself and his schemes, Doctor 

 W. M. Wheeler wrote: ''The truly remarkable record of de- 

 velopment and public service exhibited by Doctor Hewitt's 

 department during the decade of his administration was 

 clearly due to the unusual abilities of the man. Combin- 



