Office of the State- Board of Horticulture, 

 Sacramento, Cal., May 24, 1902. 



To His Excellency Henry T. Gage, Governor of California: 



Sir: To meet the demands made by fruit-growers, the State 

 Board of Horticulture has deemed it necessary to publish a 

 second edition of the Culture of the Citrus in California. This 

 second edition comprises nearly all of the subject-matter con- 

 tained in the first, with the addition of new ' matter of 

 importance to fruit-growers. 

 Respectfully submitted. 



ELLWOOD COOPER, 



President. 



