To PROF. E. W. HILGARD, 



Professor of Agriculture in the State University: 



DEAR^'SIR: I do myself the honor of inscribing the following little treatise, on "The 

 Olive Tree and its Products," and "The Suitability of the Climate of California for its Ex- 

 tensive Cultivation," to you, as an expression of my admiration of your efforts to benefit this 

 State by introducing and fostering the profitable secondary industries of Southern Europe. 



$ 5~& tf ft JOHN I. BLEASDALE. 



