Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1896 . bulletin be pub-lished treating in as plain a manner as possible of a few of the most important insectenemies. It should be illustrated with cuts of these insects at their different stages cfdevelopment so that they could easily be recognized and should contain information asto the seasons at which the various stages are attained and the best manner of destroyingthem at each stage, so that the orchardist would be on the watch and know at once whatremedy to apply. The consensus of opinion expressed by fruit growers and business


Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1896 . bulletin be pub-lished treating in as plain a manner as possible of a few of the most important insectenemies. It should be illustrated with cuts of these insects at their different stages cfdevelopment so that they could easily be recognized and should contain information asto the seasons at which the various stages are attained and the best manner of destroyingthem at each stage, so that the orchardist would be on the watch and know at once whatremedy to apply. The consensus of opinion expressed by fruit growers and business men throughoutthe Province, has been that for the expenditure incurred the Minister of Agriculture hasconferred as great a boon upon the fruit growers of the Province as he has in any otherdirection, in developing, as he has, a policy which aims to benefit the agricultural classes. TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY ONTARIO 1896. (PUBLISHED BY THE ONTAMIC DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. \ PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF TORONTO:WARWICK BROS & RUTTER, Printers, &c., &c., 68 and 70 Front St. West. 1897. CONTENTS 1».\GE. Letter of Transmission , 1 List of Officers and Committees for 1897 Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society 3 Report of the Council: J. W. Dearness . , , 3 Report of the Secretary : W. E. Saunders 5 Report of the Treasurer : J. A. Balkwill 6 Report of the Librarian and Curator : J. A. Moffat 6 Report from the Entomological Society of Ontario to the Royal Society of Canada : J. D. Evans 7 Report of the Montreal Branch : Lachlan Gibb 9 Notes on the Season of 1896 : Rev. Thos. W . Fyles 12 Some Insectivorous Mammals : Robert Elliott 16 Annual Address of the President: J. W. Dearness 22 Entomology for Rural Schools : Prof. J. H. Panton 30 The Importance of Entomological Studies to an Agricultural and Fruit Growing Country : Rev. Thos. W. Fyles 37 Report of the Microscopical Section : J. H. Bowman 43 Two Insect Pests of


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