10 INTRODUCTORY. 



the spread of injurious insects of the orchard, etc., by legisla- 

 tion ; and as fruit growers in distant parts of the world are 

 watching our success, it may be well to place on the record 

 what has been accomplished in the space of thirty months, or, 

 from October, 1880, to April 1. 1883. 



During 1879 and 1880, the subject of the spread of the cod- 

 lin moth and other injurious insects of the orchard was dis- 

 cussed in the newspapers of this State, and at the meetings of 

 the State Horticultural Society ; and these discussions resulted 

 in the above society, at its October meeting, 1880, appointing 

 a committee, consisting of Professor C. H. Dwinelle, of Ala- 

 meda County ; Dr. Behr, of San Francisco ; A. T. Hatch, of 

 Solano County ; W. H. Jessup, of Alameda ; and Matthew 

 Cooke, of Sacramento, to prepare a bill for the protection of 

 the horticultural industries of the State, to be presented to the 

 Legislature, which would meet in the month of December fol- 

 lowing. 



The committee met at the office of the Hon. J. N. Young, at 

 Sacramento, early in the month of November, and a bill was 

 prepared, which, in due time, was presented in the Assembly 

 by Mr. Young. About the same time a bill was presented in 

 the Senate by Senator Baker, of Santa Clara. These bills were 

 referred to a joint committee of the Senate and Assembly. 

 The chairman of this committee called a meeting, and the fruit 

 growers were represented by A. T. Hatch, W. H. Jessup, and 

 the late James B. Saul, and others ; as the bills presented for 

 the protection of horticulture conflicted somewhat with each 

 other, and also with another l^ill (viticultural) before the Legis- 

 lature, the committee recommended that a new bill be pre- 

 sented. A new bill was prepared, and on its being brought 

 before the Senate was passed to a second reading, but amended 

 to such an extent that it was thouglit best to have it with- 

 drawn. Ivater in the session, the Hon. William Johnston, of 

 Sacramento County, then Vice-President of the Senate, had 

 the viticultural bill, which had passed the Asseml)ly, amended 

 in the Senate by adding Section 8. The viticultural law, as 

 enacted, reads as follows : 



