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JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 
ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY AND PHYTOPATHOLOGY 
It will be recalled that Dr. L. O. Howard, in his report as Delegate to the Inter¬ 
national Conference of Phytopathologists and Economic Entomologists held in 
Holland last June, see pages 9-14 of the February issue, included some correspondence 
relative to the European use of the word phytopathology as comprehending insect 
depredations as well as plant diseases. Through the Secretary of Agriculture, the 
matter was brought before the International Institute at Rome. 
The following communication is self explanatory: 
Institut International 
D’Agriculture 
Le Delegue 
Des Etats-Unis-D’Amerique 
Rome, May 17, 1924. 
Dr. L. 0. Howard, Chief, Bureau of Entomology, 
U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 
Dear Dr. Howard: 
Your proposal to change the name of the 3rd Bureau of the International 
Institute of Agriculture from Bureau of Agricultural Information and Plant Diseases 
to Bureau of Agricultural Information and Plant Protection was submitted to the 
General Assembly for consideration. 
After discussion it was decided that both the present name and the proposed 
title were rather long and that the word “information” was too indefinite as an 
indication of the activities of the Bureau. Hence, the name of the Bureau was chang- 
ed|to the shorter title of “Bureau of Agricultural Science.” 
The complete resolution as passed is as follows: 
“The 3rd Bureau shall in future be called in French ‘Bureau de Reseignements 
Agricoles’ and in English ‘Bureau of Agricultural Science’.” 
I hope that this change fully meets the objections raised by you against the old 
name. 
Yours truly, 
Asher Hobson, 
Delegate of the United States 
