300 WEST VIRGINIA EXPERIMENT STATION 



that no time may be lost, and if I find that the desired species can be pro- 

 cured, it may be necessary to make a special trip to Germany and France 

 for the purpose of making certain the securing and safe transportation of 

 a large number and variety of such insects as might be useful to us. 



The law under which we are employed will not, however, allow the ex- 

 penditure of any large amount of money upon any one department to the 

 detriment of others ; therefore if the lumber interests of the State will 

 agree to share the necessary expense of securing such insects, it may be 

 speedily accomplished. Signed, A. D. HOPKINS, 



Entomologist, West Va. Agr. 



Morgantown, W. Va., July 11, 1892. Experiment Station. 



Each copy of the above report was accompanied by the fol- 

 lowing letter, dated July 12th, 1892: 



DEAR SIR : 



'Enclosed you will find a special condensed report of my investigations 

 in the pine and spruce forests of this State, which I trust will be of inter- 

 est and value to you. 



The only remedy I can think of to prevent the spread of the trouble in 

 the spruce and white pine, is set forth in the closing paragraph." 



Prompt replies to this communication were received from 

 the following persons who represented the principal owners of 

 spruce and white pine in the State: 



Hon. J. N. Camden, President W. Va. & Pittsburg R. 

 R. Co. ; Mr. E. L. Tunis, Gen'l Manager Condon Lane Boom & 

 Lumber Co. ; and Robert R. Henderson, President Cumberland 

 Lumber Co.; all of whom expressed a willingness to contribute 

 to the expenses of carrying on the experiment. In the mean- 

 time, I had received a reply to my letter to Oberforester Eich- 

 hoff. The following extracts from this letter may be of interest: 



CORRESPONDENCE WITH ENTOMOLOGISTS IN GERMANY. 



Letter from Oberforester Eichhoff. 



STRASSBURG, ELSASS, \ 



Aarstaden, No. 3, June 26, 1892. J 

 MOST HONORED SIR: 



I have received both of your last letters but through continued sickness 

 have been prevented from writing to you sooner. 



I cannot now give you my personal co-operation in furthering your 

 scheme of importing Clerus formicarius to America, however, willing I 

 might be to assist in the matter. You will understand this when I here- 

 with inform you that within a very short time I reach my seventieth 

 birthday. A man so old who does not possess the necessary activity, should 

 not engage in such investigations as yoar proposition demands. When 1 

 further communicate to you that I am not generally able to leave my 

 house at all on foot, and in a carriage only during favorable weather, and, 

 that within my house can only, with pain and trouble, go from one room 

 to another ; you will understand what I have said above. I also feel that 

 I have but a short time yet to live, therefore, I hope you will endeavor to 

 have some other person assisc in the undertaking. 



However, I might commend to you for this undertaking Mr. Director < 1. 



