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 mycologieal 

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

 similar nature. 



G. H. Hecke, State Commissioner of Horticulture Censor 



Geo. P. Weldon, Chief Deputy Commissioner Editor 



Associate Editors. 



H. S. Maddox Secretary State Commission of Horticulture 



Harry S. Smith Superintendent State Insectary 



Frederick Maskew Chief Deputy Quarantine Officer 



O. W. Newman Assistant Secretary State Commission of Horticulture 



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

 California, under the act of June 6, 1900. 



To the Readers of the Monthly Bulletin. — As stated before in these 

 columns, the writer has accepted a position as foreign collector of 

 beneficial insects for the insectary division of this commission. The 

 opportunity for results along this line is believed to be most excellent, 

 and this new work is entered into with a feeling that a great service 

 can be rendered the fruit growers of the State of California in the 

 collection of beneficial insects which will lessen the toll they are called 

 upon to pay each year in controlling insect pests. 



The many kind words which have been received relative to the Monthly 

 Bulletin have been appreciated, and the new editor will without doubt 

 have the same courtesies extended to him. — E. J. Voslee. 



Proposed Legislation. — The proposed amendments to the horticul- 

 tural code of the state, the result of the careful work of the Horti- 

 cultural Legislative Committee, have been entrusted to Senator Benson 

 of Santa Clara County, who introduced them in the Senate on Janu- 

 ary 24th. 



I will take this opportunity of expressing my great appreciation, 

 which I am sure is shared by each of the county horticultural commis- 

 sioners, of the unselfish gift of time by Mr. F. B. McKevitt, chairman 

 of the Legislative Committee, and his associates. It is not time alone 

 that they have given, they have also borne the burden of paying their 

 own traveling expenses (some have come from the South to these meet- 

 ings), which in the course of the last six months have amounted to a 

 considerable sum. 



The State Horticultural Commissioner's Act has been amended as 

 follows : 



I. Two field deputies are provided for the purpose of aiding the 

 county horticultural commissioners in the enforcement of horticultural 

 legislation, to bring about greater uniformity in the work of the county 

 horticultural commissioners, and to render assistance in the enforcement 

 of standardization rules and quarantine regulations. 



