PREFATORY. 



The olive is now more prominently before the people of California 

 than any other tree. The merits of the varieties most largely planted 

 have been widely discussed through the columns of the press. Only 

 two varieties have received attention, this being due to the fact that 

 very little has been known of other introduced varieties that have 

 recently come into bearing. I have, within the past year, given this 

 matter a great deal of attention, and have spared no pains in investi- 



iting anything in the olive line that has been made known to me. 

 his investigation will be continued, and in March next the second, 

 or revised, edition of this " Olive Bulletin " will appear with new illus- 

 trations of the later kinds, and whatever information can be obtained 

 on the subject. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 



I desire to express my sincere thanks to Mr. John Rock, of Niles, 

 Alameda County, for the very valuable assistance rendered me in my 

 investigation, and he certainly is deserving of great credit for having 

 introduced and distributed throughout the State mostly all the new 

 varieties now fruiting. 



My thanks are also due to Hon. Charles A. Wetmore, of Livermore, 

 whose interests are, as every rural citizen, the welfare of the whole 

 State. To Mr. Juan Gallegos, of Mission San Jose, to Mr. George E. 

 Ladd, of Atwater, Merced County, and to Dr. J. M. Stewart, of Santa 

 Cruz, my thanks are due for the generous aid I have received at their 

 hands. 



I am also under great obligations to Miss Bertha S. Henicke and to 

 Miss Maria E. Wilson, engravers, No. 219 Bush Street, San Francisco, 

 for having furnished me with the engravings so promptly, which 

 aided me in the issuance of the bulletin without delay. 

 Very respectfully, 



B. M. LELONG, 

 Secretary. 



