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The West American Scientist. 
Vol. XII, No, 9. february, 
1902. Whole No. rio. 
THOMAS MEEHAN. 
“Friend after friend departs, 
Who hath not lost a friend?” 
The State Botanist of Pennsylvania 
and senior editor of Meehan’s Monthly 
and. 
was the Isle of 
ht. There being no ee there 
his mother taught him to ad and 
E h 
meber of the 
ety of Edinb aoa a account of his or- 
iginal contributions, one hem bein 
a r in wh owledge of Latin 
Ww essent'al requisite. He also 
Studied Gree he way, and be. 
e so familiar with French as t 
to America, and at t 
_ tered Philadelphia, where for more 
{ hal 
alf a century he has been ene 
of the leading minds of the city, rien 
ard and long 
oor. reer 
s the fr jens 
. the genial meaty st, Dr. Asa Gray, 
nd spoke of him as ‘one of the kind- 
suk oF aed cata my friends.” Prof. 
Meeh has been for some years an 
aMciaat director of the ebaearh Sos 
Academy of Natural Science, the 
lections of which are the third beak on 
id th his e he would rather 
be making history that writing it. He 
was fond cf music and sai “When I 
wantac ge from science I take my 
flute and pla e old church 
t In d I sometimes think tha 
unes dee 
when they bury me I would listen with 
pleasure to espe it they would 
sing it over ged gra : 
bets ‘E. ORCUTT. 
aig aE co NEE Paar aon Ssh 
HOUSE HOLD PESTS. 
‘The Silver — ieee: to the low 
est order of ins —the Thys 
is wingless, of vac s 
worm-like, abou 
apers, card 
startched rk ie 
stored food ubstances. 
surface of che body is ¢ 
very meena scales 
oth. The head carries 2 prominent 
etcaat and at the tip of the body 
