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It seemed te him that the fact that this international and interstate 
matter was made a prominent feature was a very good indication of 
progress, something that was hardly anticipated when the Association 
was established. There were so many good points in the address that 
it was absolutely impossible to do justice to it ina few minutes. Some 
things, however, he considered entitled to especial emphasis, and one 
was the matter of duplication of work. The fact that one member 
was working upon a given species in one State and another member 
working upon exactly the same species in another State, while appar- 
ently a duplication of work, is not, in fact, a duplication at all, because 
in all probability very different results would be obtained. No two 
men see the same thing in the same light, and climate, latitude, and 
elevation also have a great deal to do with the actions of insects. As 
to the matter of mapping out work, it must be remembered that most 
entomologists are limited in their powers, and, while they can plan 
work, it is not always easy to carry it out, as a station director or a 
board of trustees might greatly revise his plans. In regard to the 
introduction of foreign parasites, it seemed to him that it is a field we 
are just entering, with the future all before us, and there would 
be many failures; but where such work was carried out carefully he 
believed it might prove successful with respect to a great many intro- 
duced species of insects. When we come to carry it out between 
States, however, other difficulties will surround us. He went to a 
great deal of pains to obtain from Professor Morgan an egg parasite 
of Murgantia, and after getting it established it was swept out of 
existence during the winter of 1898-99, and no good has come from 
the introduction. He was also of the opinion that a ‘great deal could 
be done by an exchange of experiences with insecticides, such as had 
taken place in the morning session, as insecticides seldom have the 
same effect in different portions of the country. It had always seemed 
to him that the work of the economic entomologist was very largely 
to work out life histories, and after he had done this and had found 
out methods that could be used to destroy the insect his duty ends and 
the work of the horticulturist and the agriculturist begins. He did 
not think it ought to be necessary for an entomologist to make of 
himself a mechanical, hydraulic, or civil engineer. 
Mr. Fernald referred to the remark just made by Mr. Webster to 
the effect that no two men saw the same thing in the same light, and 
said that the same was often true in listening to an address, for gen- 
erally no two men got the same ideas from it. For him other parts 
of the address than those mentioned by other speakers had presented 
themselves with particular force, and especially those with reference 
to collections in connection with the insectary or entomological work 
of any kind. It seemed to him that the work of a station, whether 
connected with a college or not, is most emphatically educational, for 
