THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



97 



Mediterranean Fruit Fly. — Through the kindness of the Bureau of 

 Entomology, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, this number of the bulletin 

 contains two splendid colored illustrations of and a very carefully 

 written article on the Mediterranean Fruil Ply. The readers of The 

 Monthly Bulletin who have never seen the work of this insect can better 

 appreciate what its introduction into the state of California would 

 mean. The article being written in such a way as to point out very 

 clearly the dangers to California of the introduction of the pest is 

 extremely valuable, and we wish in this manner to publicly express our 

 appreciation for this valuable addition to our bulletin. Our thanks 

 are. therefore, extended to the Bureau of Entomology, and especially 

 to the writer of the article, Dr. E. A. Back, and to Dr. C. L. Marlatt 

 under whose supervision the work was accomplished. G. H. H. 



Cotton Boll Weevil Quarantine. — The amendment to Quarantine 

 Order No. 2ii. which is published in this number of the bulletin, enables 

 the California cotton growers, or whoever may desire, to import Egyp- 

 tian cotton seed from the county of .Maricopa in Arizona, where this 

 desirable variety of cotton seed is produced. The amendment in no 

 way weakens California's quarantine against the cotton boll weevil, as 

 the pest does not occur in Arizona, and that state is maintaining a 

 quarantine against its entrance into the state. In order that this office 

 may know about every lot of seed imported, and in order that there 

 will be no indiscriminate shipping under the terms of the amendment, 

 the importer must secure a permit from the State Commissioner of 

 Horticulture before he will be allowed to bring such seed into Cali- 

 fornia, and the State Entomologist of Arizona must give a certificate 

 stating the locality where the seed was grown. G. H. H. 



GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY 

 FIFTIETH 



CALIFORNIA FRUIT GROWERS' 

 CONVENTION 



RIVERSIDE, 

 June 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 1917 



undt-r (ho auspices t>f 

 the 



COMMISSION OF HORTICULTURE 

 STATE OF CALIFORNIA 



