76 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



MEETING FOR LECTURE AND DISCUSSION. 



Saturday, February 16, 1895. 

 A Meeting for Lecture and Discussion was holclen today at 

 eleven o'clock, the President, Nathaniel T. Kidder, in the chair. 

 The following paper was read by the author : 



Economic Entomology in Relation to Trees, Shrubs, and 

 Plants, in Parks and Private Grounds. 



By Edmund B. Southwick, I'h. D., Entopologist of the Central and City Parks of 



New York, N. Y. 



I am here today to give some hints as to the needs in the care 

 of trees, shrubs, and plants in parks and private grounds, and also 

 to suggest such remedies as I have found of especial benefit in 

 the care of vegetation in the Parks of the City of New York. 



An experience of over twelve years has given me an opportunity 

 to become acquainted with these needs, and also enables me to 

 give some advice as to the proper care from an entomological 

 standpoint. 



Today I am addressing tin intelligent body of horticulturists,. 

 who know a tree when they see it and also its family history and 

 the fruits thereof ; and you will agree with me, that ignorance of 

 the subject is the greatest drawback to a proper appreciation of it, 

 and therefore to a proper carrying out of the work in " Economic 

 Entomology." 



Happily, however, the times are ripening for a wider appreciation 

 and better work — not so much, I fear, from the extra education 

 as from the necessity of combatting insect foes which are 

 becoming so destructive on every side — and men who own fine 

 trees and shrubs are forced to admit that there is an importance 

 attached to Economic P^ntomology, and that they must consult an 

 entomologist just as they must consult a physician or a lawyer in 

 necessary cases. 



The people, however, are not educated up to the point of 

 consulting the physician in this case, and even when the destruction 

 is inevitable and they seek advice, they often will not take the 

 trouble to prosecute the work. 



Dr. Thaddeus William Harris, your renowned fellow townsman, 

 was one of the first in the field to begin this education, and as far 



