THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



CALIFORNIA STATE COMMISSION OF HORTICULTURE 



Vol. IV. 



August, 1915. 



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No. 8 



THE WORK OF THE QUARANTINE DIVISION IN CONNECTION WITH 

 THE PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION. 



By Frederick Maskew. 



The printed matter of the western world has been filled with encomi- 

 ums of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition as a triumph of 

 constructive ability, and an actual demonstration of what is possible 

 w^hen the application of science and art, ingenuity and skill are joined 

 together in a bond of common unison and purpose toward the accom- 

 plishment of a clearly foreseen and definite end. Here is portrayed 

 in concrete form the result, where those trained in the arena of daily 



Fig. 73. — Inspecting nursery stock and ornamental trees in Japan before shipping 

 to the exhibit at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. (Photo by Susuki.) 



labor have given of their ability to produce in the actuality the visions, 



ideas and plans of those more fortunately trained in the academy, 



and in the sum total of this great undertaking are included many 



factors of consequence that will never see the light of exploitation. 



In this universal desire of all concerned on the part of California to 



contribute each his individual best effort to consummate the ultimate 



and unqualified success of this our general effort to provide a suitable 

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