Ixviii Trans. Acad. Sci. of St. Louis. 



original charter members are still living, but were unfortun- 

 ately unable to be present this evening, — knew him quite 

 intimately. 



Allow me to tell you something about our Entomological 

 Society. It has published thirty-six Annual Keports, each 

 containing much valuable information for the fruit grower, 

 farmer and gardener. These reports are distributed widely 

 over Canada and have done much to popularize the study of 

 insects. The Society has also published the Canadian Ento- 

 mologist for thirty-eight years, twelve numbers each year 

 without a break. This magazine^ under the editorship of Dr. 

 Bethune, occupies a high place among the entomological jour- 

 nals of the world, on account of the uniformly important 

 character of the articles published therein. 



It has been stated here to-night how much this Academy has 

 done to advance Science and how much the world is indebted 

 to the progress of Science during the last fifty years. The 

 Canadians, at any rate, look with envy at the great progress 

 the United States have made during the last one hundred 

 years ; we fully realize that the 19th century was the century 

 of expansion of the United States. However, we Canadians 

 are beginning to look with pride on our country, for we have 

 a grand heritage on our side of the line. (It is not all snow 

 up there, and this year there has been very little; sometimes 

 we have a good deal, but this is not always the case.) We 

 are inclined to believe that the 20th century is to be the cen- 

 tury of the expansion of Canada. We expect a great many 

 of you over to see us ; a great many of you are coming over, 

 and we hope more of you will come, for we like you. We 

 have been coming over to you for many years for inspiration 

 and for help, but we will requite it now, and ask you to come 

 over and get what you can from us. There are great possi- 

 bilities for Canada. It used to be called the land of snow, 

 stunted pine and poplar, but the last few years' explorations 

 have shown that the northern belt of human civilization can 

 be extended much further north than we supposed. The 

 great wheat fields of the Northwest were considered, 

 until a few years ago, wholly unfit for wheat growing. More- 



