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arbitrary lines and unite on others laid down by nature. This is a phase of international 

 entomology that will sooner or later be thrust upon us by the necessities of international 

 commerce in articles that harbor injurious insects. We must have broader measures of 

 protection than we have had in the past. We must take necessary precautions against 

 the introduction of injurious species, and, after the most thorough and searching investi- 

 gations, introduce the beneficial species. In all of these matters, Canada and the United 

 States are one, and, this being true, there must be no lines of separation between the 

 entomologists of these two countries. We must work together, shoulder to shoulder, and 

 God speed the day when we shall do this, to even a greater degree that we are now doing I 

 The coming century will be fraught with work for the entomologist, and his loyalty to 

 his country will be best shown by his careful, conscientious labors. 



On concluding the reading of this paper Dr. Fletcher said that he thought it was 

 one of unusual importance and particularly so just at the present time when such great 

 efforts were being made to prevent the spread of the San Jose Scale, a danger the magni- 

 tude of which was by no means appreciated by the fruit growers and fruit consumers of 

 the Dominion. It was, too, eminently proper that the subject should be introduced by 

 the writer of the pages which he had had the honour of reading to the meeting, for few 

 people had done so much to present the subject to the public of America as Prof. Webster. 

 It was well pointed out that the political limits of the two great countries mentioned were 

 not recognized by the natural denizens of the faunal and floral zones which we had as 

 naturalists to study, although by accident owing to the great lakes this was somewhat the 

 case. International economic entomology was only in its infancy, but it was being rapidly 

 acknowledged at its right value of importance owing to the vast interests at stake. Dr. 

 Howard, in his letter regretting that he could not be with us to-day, had been good enough 

 to say that he considered the relations existing between the entomologists of the Dominion 

 and of the United States to be of an ideal nature. The speaker felt sure that all present 

 would agree with him that this was actually the case, and further, that this happy state 

 of affairs was largely due to the constant and unfailing courtesy of Dr. Howa/d himself 

 and his assistants at Washington, too numerous to mention now by name separately, but 

 well known to every student who required help with regard to any special family of insects; 

 to such men as the late Drs. Riley and Lintner, to Professors Webster, J, B. Smithy 

 Oomstock, Slingerland, Hopkins, Alwood, Johnson, Oockerell, Fernald, and many, many 

 others who were not only always ready to help, but had in the past frequently helped with 

 most valuable papers published in our reports and in the Canadian Entomologist. In his 

 official position he was brought frequently into contact with these gentlemen and found 

 invariably the utmost kindness and ready assistance. Last spring he had by invitation 

 taken part in a conference of economic entomologists, fruit growers and nursery men held 

 at Washington, for the purpose of laying before Congress the advisability of passing 

 legislation for the suppression of the San Jose Scale. A committee waited upon the Con- 

 gressional Agricultural Committee and explained the wishes of the conference and a 

 favourable report was made by the Agricultural Committee to Congress. Legislation 

 would undoubtedly have been enacted almost identical with our federal San Jose Scale 

 Act but for the unfortunate outbreak of the Spanish- American War — Canada however 

 had done her part and Dr. Fletcher believed th*t this law was a most useful provision. 

 The Minister of Agriculture had considered the matter most carefully and the present 

 popular measure was due to the minister's careful enquiries and legislative skill. The 

 Hon. John Dryden had also put forth strenuous efforts for the protection of the fruit 

 interests of the Province of Ontario. Too much could not be said of the excellent work 

 of Mr. W. M. Orr the Superintendent of Spraying and of Mr. G. E. Fisher who had 

 pushed most energetically and tactfully the inspection of orchards for the San Jose Scale 



Dr. Fletcher congratulated the members of the Montreal Branch on the splendid work 

 they were doing; he paid a well merited tribute to the persistent work which Mr. Lyman 

 the president had been doing during many years and characterized the many papers which 

 had appeared from his pen as being prepared with the greatest care as to detail, complete- 



