328 THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



Railroad Rates, 

 There are three types of railroad rates available for the convention members. 



First. — A one and one-third round trip rate on certificate plan, providing that 

 fifty persons take advantage of this rate. There is some doubt as to whether 

 there will be a sufficient number of people taking advantage of the certificate plan 

 rate, as the time limit is so short for the return trip. 



Tickets will be sold and certificates issued July 2Sth to 30th, inclusive. Certifi- 

 cates will be honored for return trip July 27th to August 1st, inclusive, for that 

 portion of the convention at Palo Alto. For the San Francisco meeting, tickets 

 will be sold and certificates issued July 29th to 31st, inclusive, and certificates 

 honored for the return trip, July 31st to August 2d, inclusive. 



Members of the convention who attend the Palo Alto meeting, and who desire 

 to attend the San Francisco meeting, also, may have their certificates honored from 

 San Francisco to the original starting point. Under this arrangement the member 

 will purchase the regular one-way ticket to Palo Alto, securing the proper receipt 

 from the agent ; upon leaving Palo Alto for the San Francisco meeting, the member 

 must purchase a one-way ticket to San Francisco and secure a certificate from the 

 agent at Palo Alto, and the agent at San Francisco will then honor both certificates 

 to the original starting point. 



The following railroads will issue this certificate : The Atchison, Topeka and 

 Santa Fe, Southern Pacific Railroad Company, Northwestern Pacific Railroad 

 Company, San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company, and the 

 Western Pacific Company. The joint agent of the railroads, who must validate 

 these certificates at Palo Alto, California, is W. J. Robertson, agent of the Southern 

 Pacific, Palo Alto ; the San Francisco general agent of the railroads is James F. 

 Moses, at 673 Market street. 



Second. — A reduced round trip rate is issued from all points in California 

 daily to San Francisco bearing a final return limit of three months from date 

 of sale. There are liberal stop-over privileges. This rate from Los Angeles is 

 $22.50, with corresponding reductions from all points. 



Third.— A one and one-third round trip rate to San Francisco bearing a final 

 return limit of fifteen days from date of sale. No stop-over privileges. Tickets 

 are sold only on certain dates. For information regarding these dates apply to 

 your local ticket agent. 



PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS ADDRESSED TO PLACES 



IN CALIFORNIA. 



Office of Third Assistant Postmaster General, 



Washington, May 26, 1915. 



The State of California has established places for the terminal 

 inspection of plants and plant products, under the provisions of the 

 Act of March 4, 1915, embodied in Section 478J, Postal Laws and 

 Regulations, appearing on page 49 of the May, 1915, Supplement to 

 the Postal Guide. All postmasters are, therefore, informed that 

 packages containing plants or plant products addressed to places in 

 the State of California, may be accepted for mailing only when plainly 

 rnarked so that the contents may be readily ascertained by an inspec- 

 tion of the outside thereof. The law makes the failure so to mark 

 such packages an offense punishable by a fine of not more than $100.00. 



The plants and plant products subject to terminal inspection in the 

 State of California are described as follows: 



"All florists' stock, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, grafts, scions, buds, 

 fruit pits and other seeds of fruit and ornamental trees or shrubs and 

 other plants and plant products for propagation, except vegetable and 



