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Mr. Symons next presented a paper on the following subject: 



ON THE POSITION OF THE SETJE OF THE SAN JOSE SCALE IN 



INFESTED PLANTS. 



By T. B. Symons, Collegepark, Md. 

 [Withdrawn for publication elsewhere.] 



Mr. Hopkins stated that in his opinion the subject of Mr. Rane's 

 paper was worthy of careful consideration, as it had to do with quite 

 an important subject. In bis own official work in West Virginia he 

 had frequently urged the importance of good culture and good farm- 

 ing in the control of injurious insects, and thought that farmers who 

 gave proper attention to these points would succeed where careless 

 farmers would often suffer severely from insect depredation. This 

 statement did not refer to all insects, but lie thought there were many 

 species which are attracted to the less vigorous plants and that such 

 plants succumb while more vigorous ones would repel them or recover 

 the injury. 



Mr. Kane stated that the idea of presenting this paper had come to 

 him from observations on men graduating from our educational insti- 

 tutions, especially those going out into economic scientific work. He 

 thought men preparing themselves for work in entomology should be 

 given a considerable amount of work in horticulture and agriculture. 

 If they did not understand these subjects, particularly from the prac- 

 tical standpoint, they were greatly handicapped. He stated that he 

 had had. an opportunity of observing the work of a number of young 

 men who had made a study of entomology, and he thought them to be 

 incapable of successfully handling their work in relation to crops. 

 A man might be well fitted for entomological investigation, but would 

 nevertheless not be practical in his recommendations for farmers and 

 fruit growers. He thought the same held true of plant pathologists. 

 A knowledge of entomology, botany, plant pathology, etc., is always 

 to be recommended, but equally so, for the benefit of the results to be 

 derived from plants is a knowledge of ideal plant environment, which 

 is none other than culture. 



The following papers, which had been handed to the secretary, were 

 read by title and were accepted for publication in the proceedings of 

 the association. 



DEVELOPMENT AND HIBERNATION OF MOSQUITOES. 



By H. A. Morgan and J. W. Dupree, Baton Rouge, La. 



Data in connection with the development and hibernation of mos- 

 quitoes is of the greatest interest in determining rational remedial 

 measures. As most of the investigations up to the present time have 



