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of knowledge ; and being an expressive speaker, h? always commanded the attention of 

 scientific bodies which he was called upon to address. His frequent addresses before 

 horticultural and agricultural societies in his own and in other States, and farmer's meet- 

 ings of all kinds, were always full of information. 



He had recently been granted a well-earned six month's leave of absence, and was 

 Bpending it in sunny Italy when the death summons came. In Dr. Lintner the agricul- 

 turists of New York found one of their best and most helpful friends, and entomologists 

 the world over, a true and sympathetic co-worker. His name well deserves a place in 

 that list of names enshrined in the hearts of every American economic entomologist — 

 Harris, Fitch, Walsh, Le Baron, Riley — and Lintner. 



M. V. Slingerland. 



BOOK NOTICES. 



Twenty-first Report op Observations on Injurious Insects and Common Farm Pests 

 during the year 1897, with Methods of Prevention and Remedy. By Eleanor A. 

 Ormerod, London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 1898 (Is. 6d., 

 pp. 160.) 



We beg to offer our hearty congratulations to Miss Ormerod on the publication of 

 the twenty first of her Annual Reports. Twenty- one years is a long period for anyone 

 to carry on a laborious work, but this talented and indefatigable lady has not only 

 accomplished a most valuable and important work, she has done so without any assist- 

 ance except that of her late lamented sister, and entirely at her own expense. On this 

 side of the Atlantic, Reports of this character are published by the Government of the 

 Province or State to which they belong, but in England no official recognition has been 

 shown, and though the country has undoubtedly been saved hundreds of thousands of 

 pounds by the instructions given in these Reports to the farmers and gardeners of Great 

 Britain, whereby they have been able to intelligently cope with their insect foes and 

 employ the best methods of prevention of their attacks, yet no aid has been afforded 

 her from the public purse — no recognition of the immense value of her work has been 

 vouchsafed by the powers that be. But while officially ignored, Miss Ormerod's name 

 and work are held in the highest honour throughout Great Britain and treated by the 

 press in every department with the utmost respect ; and in many British colonies and 

 several foreign countries her name is widely known and her talents fully recognized. 



A single observer, however able and industrious, could not possibly pay attention to 

 all the manifestations of insect injury throughout the British Isles, but Miss Ormerod has 

 by degrees gathered together a corps of observers in every county and district through- 

 out the United Kingdom; and is kept closely informed of all that causes injury or loss to 

 crops or fruit, and to live stock as well. During the past year she received about 3,000 

 letters on Entomological subjects, and with the aid of a secretary was enabled to attend 

 to them all. She thus conducts at her own charges what ought to be a Division of 

 Entomology in the Department of Agriculture at London. 



In the Report before us thirty- six species of injects are dealt with and figured, their 

 ravages described, and methods of prevention and remedy fully given. Several of them 

 are familiar to us on this side of the Atlantic, e. g. Apple Oodlin Moth, Cockroaches, 

 Xyleborus Xylographus, Mediterranean Flour- Moth (Uphestia Kuhniella), etc. 



From the care and accuracy which characterize her descriptions and figures, Miss 

 Ormerod's work is of permanent value to economic Entomologists everywhere, and her 

 reports are always received with welcome and gratitude by those who have the good 

 fortune to obtain them. That she may long be spared to carry on her admirable work is 

 the earnest aspiration of her many friends. 



C. J. S. B. 



