THE MONTHLY BULLETIN 



CALIFORNIA STATE COMMISSION OF HORTICULTURE. 



DEVOTED TO HORTICULTURE IN ITS BROADEST SENSE, WITH SPECIAL 



REFERENCE TO PLANT DISEASES, INSECT PESTS, AND 



THEIR CONTROL. 



Sent free to all citizens of the State of California. Offered In exchange for bulletins 

 of the Federal Government and experiment stations, entomological and mycological 

 journals, agricultural and horticultural papers, botanical and other publications of » 

 similar nature. 



G. H. Hecke, State Commissioner of Horticulture Censor 



E. J. Vosler, Secretary State Commission of Horticulture Editor 



ASSOCIATE EDITORS. 



Geo. P. Weldon Chief Deputy Commissioner 



Harry S. Smith Superintendent State Insectary 



Frederick Maskew Chief Deputy Quarantine Officer 



Entered as second class matter December 29, 1911. at the post office at Sacramento. 

 California, under the act of June 6, 1900. 



Concerning Our Printing Fund. — The steadily increasing price of 

 paper has caused a shrinking in the size of The Monthly Bulletin, 

 which is printed and issued under the regular printing appropriation 

 provided the State Commission of Horticulture. "We have, however, 

 the recommendation of the State Board of Control for an increase in 

 our printing appropriation commensurate with the added cost of 

 printing, becoming available the next biennial period if passed by the 

 legislature. 



The scarcity of dyes has been the cause of changing the cover of our 

 little magazine, and the well-known rich buff color has had to give way to 

 a much paler and less attractive one. 



The valuable reports of the State Fruit Growers' conventions were 

 formerly — until 1913 — issued by the state, but for lack of funds in the 

 printing appropriation, no reports have since been issued except those 

 of three annual conventions prior to the one held at Napa on Novem- 

 ber 15-17, 1916. These were published under agreement with com- 

 mercial agencies. The parties securing the contract arranged to obtain 

 the necessary funds by selling: advertising: space in the publication. This 

 method has not been satisfactory. Primarily, the publishers were 

 obliged to work on the generosity of our friends in order to secure many 

 of the necessary advertising contracts, and again, misrepresentation of 

 facts has been charged by some of the larger advertisers. 



It is evident that the state should not be a party to questionable com- 

 mercial methods, and we trust that in time to come we will have sufficient 

 funds for the publication of convention reports so that we may be able 

 to keep intact and complete the long series beginning with the first fruit 

 growers' convention held in Sacramento December 6, 1881, and con- 

 tinuing in a practically unbroken line until 1915. They furnish a con- 

 tinuous history of horticultural events and contain valuable essays and 

 discussions given by the ablest horticulturists of their time. We do not 



