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monial to Ms love of nature and to his wisdom in planning a suburb beauti- 
ful, both in landscape and architecture. 
Desiring to foster horticultural progress in a band of zealous young men, 
he sold his beautiful old homestead at Waban, West Newton, to a company 
for modern market gardening, and he was loyal to the interests of these 
young men to the last hours of his life. At the advanced age of 89 he made 
a trip to inspect methods of market gardens at Norfolk, Va. He was en- 
tirely unaccompanied, and his surprising interest, vigor and mental activity 
were very noticeable. 
Mr. Strong was genial, affable, loyal, and helpful; a generous friend and 
a public benefactor. 
He passed away in New York City May 11, J£13. 
Peace to his memory. 
G. B. B. 
John Craig. 
In the death of Professor John Craig, the world of Horticulture loses 
not only one of its most prominent figures, but a man whose personality 
and charm were as admirable as his attainments. 
Of Scotch descent, John Craig was born in the Province of Quebec, 
Canada, in 1864. His father was manager of the estate of a noted Canadian 
Horticulturist, and the interest in Horticulture with which his earliest 
associations inspired him became the dominating factor in his life. After 
leaving the Montreal High School, he came to the United States, and in 
1888 graduated from the Iowa State Agricultural College, specializing in 
Horticulture and Economic Botany. In 1890 he entered the service of the 
Canadian Government, and for seven years was Horticulturist of the Cen- 
tral Experimental Farms, Ottawa. While in this position he made important 
experiments in regard to the use of Bordeaux mixture, and towards the con- 
trol of the apple scab and the San Jose scale. In 1893 he assisted the 
Government in organizing the Ontario Fruit Experiment Stations, and in 
the same year was one of the founders of the Ottawa Agricultural Society, 
of which organization he acted as president, 1895-97. 
In 1897 Mr. Craig returned to the United States and took a special 
course at the College of Agriculture, Cornell University, receiving the de- 
gree of Master of the Science of Agriculture in 1899. He was at once ap- 
pointed Professor of Horticulture and Forestry of the Iowa State Agricultural 
College, but in 1900 was called to Cornell as Professor of Extension Teach- 
ing. He became Professor of Horticulture in 1903, and remained in this 
position until his regrettably early death. 
Among the many valuable services which Professor Craig was called 
upon to perform was that of Secretary to the American Pomological Society 
from 1903 to 1912. From 1904 until his death he edited The National Nur- 
seryman. He was a member of the Jury of Awards at the Chicago Ex- 
position, the St. Louis Exposition, and the National Apple Show, Spokane, 
1908, a Fellow of the Royal Horticultural (Society, chairman of Rural Af- 
fairs of the American League for Civic Improvement, and a member of the 
American Association of Agricultural Science. He was a contributor to 
