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development of that branch of science not only in this country but 

 throughout the world will be retarded by h^ untimely end ; and be it 

 further 



Resolved. That the members of the Society who loved and admired 

 him w^ill ahvays profit by the memory of his indefatigable energy and 

 his untiring effort to bring order out of the chaos of described and 

 undeseribed forms ; be it further 



Eesolved, That a committee be appointed to prepare a sketch of 

 Doctor Ashmead's life (including bibliography) for publication in 

 the Proceedings of this Society, and that copies of these resolutions 

 be sent, with an expression of sincere s.ympathy, to his family. 



L. O. Howard. 



Washington, D. C, October 19, 1908. E. A. Schwarz. 



N. Banks. 



ALEXANDER CRAW^ 



With the death of this remarkable man passes away another prom- 

 inent figure from the horizon of American horticulture and economic 

 entomology. Few economic entomologists are better known and no 

 one more favorably than was he during his life work. Few entomo- 

 logical workers passed through California without seeking out and 

 making his personal acquaintance, and all were charmed with the man. 

 His unvarying amiability has won for him a lasting abode in the heart 

 of every one that knew him. By early training a capable and suc- 

 cessful horticulturist, his indomitable love for plant life later led him 

 to form the vanguard of a fight again>st horticultural enemies on a 

 scale that was never undertaken before. 



Alexander Craw was born in Ayr, Scotland, August 3, 1850. In 

 1873 he emigrated to California and after a two years' residence in 

 San Diego, moved to Los Angeles, where he took charge of the famous 

 Wolfskin orange grove. His early training stood him in good stead 

 in the early days of California's growth as a horticultural center. 

 His authority in matters horticultural was never c[uestioned and his 

 advice ever eagerly sought. Presently Icerya imrcliasi, which had pre- 

 ceded his arrival in California by about five years, threatened the 

 destruction of the citrus industry. It is difficult to determine at pres- 

 ent who started the movement which culminated in the introduction 

 of Novius cardinalis from Australia into California by Albert Koebele 

 in 1888. But it is certain that Mr. Craw was a powerful factor in 

 that movement. Never in our conversation in the office did he credit 

 himself with the conspicuous role, yet it is quite evident to me that 

 his constant agitation of the matter before the California horticultural 



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