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 a 

 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 



Harrt 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. 



To the Fruit Growers of California. — My appointment as State 

 Horticultural Commissioner is accepted with the full knowledge of the 

 grave responsibility that is assumed. In the future development of 

 our greatest industry the State Commission of Horticulture must play 

 an important part. As fruit grower, County Horticultural Commis- 

 sioner and Farm Adviser, my whole energy has been devoted to 

 horticultural affairs, and while it is with a full recognition of the 

 arduous duties ahead that I enter the broader field, yet if California 

 horticulture is advanced even in the smallest way, the labor itself will 

 be a sufficient reward. 



There is much constructive work to be done in legislation. As was 

 pointed out at the Visalia Fruit Growers' Convention, while the majority 

 of our laws are in themselves strong and effective, still in their relation 

 to each other they are often weak and inconsistent, showing the lament- 

 able effects of patchwork legislation. Our horticultural statutes must 

 be standardized and coordinated, and yet great care must be exercised 

 to see that we "hold fast that which is good." We have reached a criti- 

 cal point in our horticultural affairs and the usefulness of the Horticul- 

 tural Commission in the future will largely depend upon the intelligence 

 and energy with which this matter of legislation is handled. Certainly 

 all will agree with me, after reading the names of the fruit men w^ho 

 compose the legislative committee, th^t the intelligence and energy will 

 not be found wanting. The enforcement of our horticultural laws is 

 centered in the County Horticultural Commissioner. With each fruit 

 county having such an officer working in closest harmony with the State 

 Horticultural Commission we can achieve many things which in the past 

 have been difficult if not impossible. In the State Horticultural Com- 

 mission the County Horticultural Commissioner expects to find a clear- 

 ing house of horticultural information and it is very much to be desired 

 that we meet with these expectations. 



