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CONTENTS. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD DAY— Continued. Page. 



Rancho del Fuerte, and its Lessons. By Mrs. John S. Dore 80 



California Wild Flowers. By Mrs. Lucy E. Weister ___ 83 



Ranch Life in California. By Mrs. Emma Fox 85 



Necessity for Agricultural Education. By Julia Shafter-Hamilton 88 



Making the Most of Our Fruits. By Mrs. W. N. Sherman 89 



Report of the Committee on Markets 92 



Report of the Committee on President's Address . 93 



Room for the Scientific Horticulturist. Address by Professor Benjamin Ide 



Wheeler _ __ 95 



Selection, Natural and Artificial. By Prof. David Starr Jordan 99 



Report of the Committee on Transportation 101 



Address by William Sproule 104 



Report of the Committee on the Olive Prospect. By General N. P. Chipman.. 105 



Evils of the Present Methods of Selling the Olive. By C. A. Washburn 108 



Frost, and How Best to Overcome Damage by It. By Professor McAdie Ill 



Resolution Favoring the Revision of the Water Laws 118 



Notes on Plantations of Caprifig Trees. By Dr. Gustav Eisen 118 



The Fig. Address by George C. Roeding.. _ , 123 



The Orange in Southern California. By J. W. Jeffrey 127 



The Orange in Northern California. By D. H. Murray 134 



The Almond in California. By Alden Anderson 137 



The Walnut Industry. By Frank E. Kellogg _ 139 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTH DAY— 



County Horticultural Boards, and What They Have Accomplished. By 



H. P. Stabler _ 144 



The Fruit-Grower and His Work. By J. W. Nelson. ._ 146 



Scale Insects and their Parasites. By Edward M. Ehrhorn. 149 



The White-Flies of California. By Professor C. W. Woodworth 155 



What California Has Done for Horticulture. By Alexander Craw 160 



Discussion on Transportation _ 165 



Appointment of Committee on Transportation 168 



Food Adulteration. By Professor M. E. Jaffa 169 



Selecting Next Place of Meeting 182 



Birds in Their Relation to Agriculture and Horticulture. By W. O. Emerson. 182 

 Resolutions of Thanks 187 



APPENDIX— 



Correspondence between Chairman of Committee on Transportation and 

 various Railway Managers 189 



