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The report of the secretary showed that the as- 

 sociation was maiing a healthy growth and that 

 the Journal of Economic Entomology was gradu- 

 ally increasing in circulation and that its financial 

 condition was satisfactory. 



Prior to the meeting arrangements were made 

 for the incorporation of the association. This was 

 brought about and the association is now incor- 

 porated as a membership corporation under the 

 laws of the District of Columbia. 



During the meeting the association considered 

 the possibility of securing the publication of a 

 bibliography of economic entomology and a com- 

 mittee was appointed to take charge of assembling 

 the references required, and to investigate the pos- 

 sibilities of publishing this useful work. 



Thirty -four new members were elected to the as- 

 sociation and the following officers were elected 

 for the ensuing year: 



President — Dr. H. T. Fernald, Amherst, Mass. 



First Vice-president — Professor Glenn W. Her- 

 rick, Ithaca, N. Y. 



Second Vice-president — Dr. W. E. Britton, New 

 Haven, Cionn. 



Third Vice-president — Professor Wilmon Newell, 

 College Station, Texas. 



Secretary — A. F. Burgess, Melrose Highlands, 

 Mass. 



It was voted to hold the next meeting in conjunc- 

 tion with that of the American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science at Philadelphia next De- 

 cember. 



The section on apiary inspection met on January 

 1 at 10:30 A.M., and was presided over by Pro- 

 fessor Wilmon Newell, College Station, Texas. In 

 the absence of the secretary, Mr. N. E. Shaw, Co- 

 lumbus, Ohio, was elected to act as secretary. Sev- 

 eral papers were presented and a general discussion 

 followed concerning the apiary inspection work 

 which is being carried on by the different states. 

 At the close of the session the above-mentioned 

 officers were elected for the ensuing year. 



The section on horticultural inspection was pre- 

 sided over by Professor E. L. Worsham, Atlanta, 

 Ga., and Professor J. G. Sanders, Madison, Wis., 

 as secretary. The meeting was called to order at 

 1:30 P.M., January 1, and an adjourned meeting 

 was held at 7 p.m. in the parlors of the Ansley 

 Hotel. A full program of papers was presented at 

 this meeting and many subjects of interest to hor- 

 ticultural inspectors were considered and discussed. 

 One of the most important matters brought before 

 the section was the consideration of a uniform 



nursery inspection law and more definite standards 

 for inspection of nnrsery stock, which passes into 

 interstate commerce. The meeting adjourned at 

 8 p.m., and the following oiiicers were elected to 

 serve for the ensuing year : Dr. W. E. Britton, New 

 Haven, Conn., Chairman; Professor J. G. Sanders, 

 Madison, Wis., Secretary. At the close of this 

 meeting all visiting entomologists were the guests 

 of state entomologist Worsham and his assistants 

 at a smoker which was held at the University Club. 

 There was a large attendance and all those present 

 united in extending their thanks to the hosts of 

 the occasion. 



The program of scientific papers was introduced 

 by the address of President Parrott on "The 

 Growth and Organization of Applied Entomology 

 in United States. ' ' This was followed by a series 

 of papers on the organization of various kinds of 

 special entomological work which is being carried 

 on in different sections of the country. On Thurs- 

 day morning a number of papers were presented 

 bearing on spraying with poisonous and contact 

 insecticides ; on fumigation and life history studies 

 on a number of orchard and garden pests. At the 

 afternoon session, papers were read on experimental 

 work on a number of insects which are destructive 

 to garden and field crops and forests, and several 

 papers on insect parasitism were also presented. 



At the closing session on Friday morning, Jan- 

 uary 2, a paper was presented by Dr. L. O. How- 

 ard on ' ' The Education of the Entomologist in the 

 Service of the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture, " and this was followed by a number of 

 interesting papers on mosquitoes and house flies, 

 which took up observations on their habits and ex- 

 periments bearing on their control. 



All the papers presented at the meeting will be 

 published in full in the Journ-al of Economic Ento- 

 mology. 



A. P. BUEGESS, 



Secretary 



THE AMEBICAN PSILOSOPEICAL 

 ASSOCIATION 



The association at its annual meeting at New 

 Haven, Conn., in December, elected the following 

 officers: 



President — Professor J. H. Tufts, of Chicago 

 University. 



Vice-president — Professor W. H. Sheldon, of 

 Dartmouth College. 



Secretary-treasurer — Professor E. G. Spaulding, 

 of Princeton University. 



