522 THE MONTHLY BULLETIN 



(c) That the introdnctiou into the State of Arizona of cape jessamine {Gardenia 

 jasminoides) , privets (Ligiistrum spp.) and rubber plants (Ficus indica) which are 

 favorite food plant of destructive white flies (Aleyrodes spp.) which infest citrus 

 from North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Loui- 

 siana, Texas, Yuba County of California. Cuba, Japan, China, India, and Chili, is 

 prohibited and all such brought into this state in violation of this order shall be 

 under quarantine subject to being shipped from the state or destroyed at the option 

 of the owner or owners. 



(d) That all persons, firms or corporations in the State of Arizona are prohibited 

 from having possession of, transporting, selling or giving away any of the quarantined 

 plants or materials except as provided for in this order. 



(e) That Quarantine Orders Nos. 2 and (J of the Arizona Commission of Agricul- 

 ture and Horticulture are hereby rescinded. 



A State Horticultural Society.— For some time there has been con- 

 siderable discussion looking to the formation of a state horticultural 

 or pomological society. This eventuated in the appointment of a 

 committee at the Los Angeles Convention, a report from the same 

 and a resolution requiring that a committee be appointed to report a 

 plan in detail. The committee at Los Angeles, of which Mr. C. B. 

 Messenger was chairman, reported tentatively in favor of a state 

 horticultural society to meet once or twice a year in conventions much 

 like the one now held by the State Commission of Horticulture, the 

 proceedings of these conventions to be published from funds received 

 from the annual dues. A more elaborate and pretentious plan was 

 suggested in a state agricultural society like the above, only it would 

 include all phases of agriculture, like dairying, grain growing, truck 

 crop production, etc. At the meetings in this case there would be 

 sections, each considering its own special problems. This would be a 

 new kind of organization, and if successful, ought to be of paramount 

 value. 



During the heated discussions the past summer called forth b.y the 

 proposed eight-hour amendment, a Farmers' Protective League was 

 formed, which did phenomenal service. Over fifty thousand members 

 were secured and thousands of dollars were voluntarily subscribecl, a 

 considerable portion of which is still in the treasury. This organiza- 

 tion has only one paid officer, the secretary, who manages the business 

 under the direction of an able executive committee. It also publishes a 

 paper which is sent, as we understand, to all the members of the 

 league. It is thought by some that this league might be merged with 

 the present convention system, and all needed advantages secured. 



Without doubt cooperation is the key to progress in agriculture. 

 Organization is the big booster for cooperation, so every true friend 

 of cooperation must be a stout advocate of organization. Our present 

 horticultural convention reaches back to 1881 when Professor Dwinell 

 and Mr. Mathew Cooke inaugurated so ably the present plan. They 

 surely performed a worthy work. This organization, if it can properly 

 be so called, is weak in executive lines and so possibly lacks efficiency in 

 the direction of marketing and legislation. A more formal and com- 

 pact organization might work with more success in these lines. That 

 our present system is successful in an educatory sense when pushed 

 with wisdom and energy the recent conventions certainly proved. The 

 society plan has in its favor the general practice in nearly all the 

 states. To succeed it must enlist general interest and must be en- 

 gineered by some two or more persons who are so full of self-sacrifice 



