412 THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



The state commission should cooperate to the fullest extent with the 

 other state institutions which are also serving California horticulture : 

 the State University, the State Agricultural Society, the State Com- 

 mission Market, the State Viticultural Commission, and others. 



The protection of our orchards and farms against the introduction of 

 insect pests and plant diseases from foreign countries by quarantine 

 measures has already received most careful attention from my predeces- 

 sors, and the fruit growers of. California may rest assured that this 

 important work shall not only be continued in all its present effective- 

 ness, but shall be expanded in every possible way. 



The scientific work of the State Insectary has my fullest sympathy. 

 When we can obtain, by the expenditure of a few hundred dollars, 

 parasitic and predaceous insects which will be working for the growers 

 not only this year and next, but for all time, no argument is needed to 

 convince us of the desirability of further efforts along this line. 



The Monthly Bulletin has made a place for itself in the library of the 

 California horticulturist and with a few minor changes will be continued 

 as before. We hope that the County Horticultural Commissioners and 

 other horticultural officials will feel free to use this organ to discuss 

 their many problems. 



In the retention of the entire staff from the administration of my 

 predecessor the services of a wide-awake, earnest and loyal corps of 

 assistants have been obtained. And it is with a feeling of self- 

 congratulation that this announcement is made public, for with an 

 experienced corps of workers behind the Conunissioner, he can expect 

 to give his own time to the constructive work which of necessity must 

 be done. 



With an experienced office force, with the loyal cooperation of the 

 coimty horticultural commissioners, and with the active support of the 

 fruit growers themselves we can accomplish much. Let us recognize the 

 good work of previous years, and let us forget our mistakes of the past, 

 excepting in so far as they may help us to avoid their repetition. It is 

 only by unified, concerted action that we can give California horti- 

 culture its due. — G. H. Hecke. 



Nurserymen's Sixth Annual Convention. — The Sixth Annual Con- 

 vention of the California Association of Nurserymen was held in Santa 

 Barbara on October 26, 27 and 28, 1916. A fairly good attendance and 

 an interesting program resulted. There seemed to be general disappoint- 

 ment over the fact that a large number of nurserymen did not respond 

 to the invitation to attend this meeting. The nurserymen's problems 

 are many, and united effort is needed in order that their business may be 

 conducted in the most satisfactory manner. The writer had the pleasure 

 of meeting with those in attendance at Santa Barbara and throughout 

 their deliberations was impressed with the great service that is being 

 done by the California nurserymen. Without the interest and help 

 which they have shown in the introduction and development of new 

 varieties of trees and plants, and the improvement of those already 

 existing within our state, there Avould not have been the progress which 

 has been so marked in the plant world. The Association deserves the 

 patronage of every reputable nurseryman in the state of California. 



It is worthy of note that Mr. Chas. W. Ward, president of the Cottage 

 Garden Nurseries, Long Island, N. Y,, now heavily interested in the 



