II. S. PEART.

Mr. H. S. Peart, B. S. A., Director of the Jordan Harbor Horticultural Experiment Station, died at Jordan Harbor, Ontario, Canada, on July 18, 1910. Mr. Peart was born at Nelson, Ontario, on January 19, 1881, and was the son of Edwin Peart, a well-known fruit-grower there. He lived on his father's farm until 1899, when he began a course at the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, Ontario, specializing in horticulture and graduating in 1903. He was then made Assistant in Horticulture at that college, in which position he remained until his appointment as Director of the Jordan Harbor Horticultural Experiment Station, on June 1, 1907. Mr. Peart filled both of his positions with marked ability. The farm at Jordan Harbor was in a rough, undrained condition when he took charge, but under his supervision buildings were erected, the land was brought into better tillage and thoroughly drained, orchards and small fruit plantations were set out, and many experiments were begun.

In Mr. Peart's death the horticulturists of the Province of Ontario suffered a great loss. His was a very promising career, for not only was he gifted with a marked intelligence, but owing to his kindly disposition he had many friends who would have supported him in his work.

W. T. MACOUN.

MARK WELTON MUNSON.

Mark Welton Munson was born at Howell, Michigan, on April 8, 1866, and was the son of Ferdinand Walker Munson. His early life was spent on the home farm and after preparing for college he graduated from the Michigan Agricultura! College with the degree B. S. in 1888. His undergraduate work in horticulture was done under Prof. L. H. Bailey, and when Prof. Bailey went to Cornell University in 1888 Mr. Munson went with him as assistant in horticulture, which place he held until 1891, when he was elected to the Profes. sorship of Horticulture and Horticulturist of the Experiment Station in the University of Maine. In 1892 he was granted the degree of M. S. and nine years later the degree of Ph. D. from Cornell University. In December, 1904, he was married to Miss Mattie Allen, who, with one daughter, survives him.

In 1907, after serving sixteen years at the University of Maine, he resigned his professorship in that institution to aecept a similar position at the University of West Virginia, which position he held up to the time of his death, September 9, 1910.

Prof. Munson was prominent in all movements having for their object the advancement of the knowledge of horticul ture. He was a successful teacher, a constructive landscape gardener, and a devoted investigator. Prof. Bailey says of him, "Prof. Munson was one of the most faithful, steadfast, and loyal men whom I have known. He had the desire of the investigator to attach himself to a subject until he understood it thoroughly. He was devoted to his work with a singlemindedness that was an inspiration to those who came in contact with him." He was loyal to his friends, sincere in all his dealings, and, as Prof. Bailey well says, possessed a true scientific spirit for investigation. During his short career he carried heavy administrative and class-room duties, but in spite of this he made important contributions to horticulture and did some of the pioneer work in plant breeding which in years to come will clearly indicate the advanced position he occupied in a developing science.

He was a charter member of the Society for Horticultural Science, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a member of the Society for the Promotion of Agricultural Science, of the New England Botanic Club, the American Pomological Society and the Sigma Xi. He was the author of numerous popular articles on horticultural subjects, of several important bulletins from both the Maine and the West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Stations, and of contributions to the Cyclopedia of American Horticulture.

L. C. CORBETT.