amount of warrant No. 17 $225.35, instead of $237.85, the correct amount, and warrant No. 63 was was made $90.65, instead of $90.15, which it should have been.

REPORT OF THE TREASURER.

To the Honorable State Board of Horticulture—

GENTLEMEN: I herewith submit for your consideration an account of the moneys received and disbursed by me as your Treasurer from December 3, 1891, to December 31, 1892:

To the Honarable State Board of Horticulture

In presenting this my second biennial report as Secretary of your honorable Board, I desire to express my hearty appreciation of the continued honor conferred and confidence expressed in continuing me in the important position as Secretary of the Board. There is doubtless no chord in the human breast that responds so pleasantly and satisfactorily as that of approval of one's conduct and work by those with whom we have been associated. The approving sentence, "Well done, good and faithful servant," should be the highest aim and ambition of every human soul. The work of your Secretary during the past two years-like the first two-has not been one of ease, neither has his path been strewn with roses. There have be n more bugs and caterpillars in his path than roses; and whene a beautiful moth has seemed to flitter along the way to cheer and brighten the surroundings, he has found upon closer investigation that it was the alluring and destructive Codlin Moth out on the rampage in search of the famous "Oregon Red Apples," in which to plant the seeds of destruction and decay.

That the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly did not abolish the Board, as an effort was made to do, or make its work of no effect by taking from it the sinews of war, is, I think, a most fortunate circumstance for the fruit interests of Oregon; and while the appropriation made for the use of the Board was entirely inadequate for them to accomplish the best attainable results, still it has enabled them to keep alive the fires already kindled in horticultural circles,

and to make some advance steps in battling the pestiferous insects that had gained so strong a hold in our orchards before the Board was constituted.

It was found that the 1,000 copies of the First Biennial Report of the Board, published by the State Printer, were scarcely sufficient to supply the demands of the members of the Legislature for them, as this was the first work of the kind ever published in Oregon that contained matters of interest to the fruit-growers; and as it was soon found that a large number would be required to supply the demand for them, not only by the citizens of Oregon, but by those of every State in the Union as well, the Board, at a special meeting, held February 26, 1891, ordered the printing of 10,000 additional copies. Future developments have shown this to have been a wise thing to do, for more than 6,000 of them have been distributed among the fruit-growers of Oregon, and a goodly portion of the remainder have been given or sent to those interested in Oregon horticulture residing in other States.

It was found in some particulars that the law creating the Board was not just what it should be to best enable them to accomplish the work delegated to them; therefore an amendment was proposed by your Secretary, under the advice of the members of the Board, and presented to the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly, which, under the guiding hands of the friends of horticulture found in that honorable body, was adopted February 21, 1891, and an appropriation of $7,000 for the two years ending December 31, 1892, was made for the use of the Board on the 11th of the same month. Thus strengthened and fortified, the Board entered in upon the work before them with new energy and zeal.

At the special meeting of the Board held February 26, 1891, I was instructed to issue Bulletin No. 5, and in connection therewith print the law as amended, for the instruction and guidance of the horticulturists of the State. The Bulletin is herewith appended. The law as amended will be found in the proper place in the report.

BULLETIN NO. 5.

OFFICE OF THE BOARD,
No. 171 SECOND STREET,
PORTLAND, OREGON, March 9, 1891.

The season of the year is at hand when tree and shrub will take on their new foliage, and with these will come the new-born insect, ready to feed upon and suck the life-blood from the young and tender growth. Later, the apple and pear trees will dazzle the

beholder with their wealth of bloom; and when this shall fall, and the fruit shall lift its young head to catch the warm rays of the sun, it will be sought out by the beautiful but pestiferous Codlin Moth, and used as a fit receptacle for the deposit of her eggs, which produce the worm that, unless destroyed in its infancy, will work destruction to the apple, pear, and quince. These conditions of the tree and fruit are reminders to the vigilant orchardist that the time is at hand for active work, if they are to be saved from these destructive foes.

The work of the State Board of Horticulture during the first two years of its existence has been largely one of beginnings; this, to those who are looking for results, is always unsatisfactory. It is, therefore, with no little degree of satisfaction to the members of the commission, that the work of the Board is to be continued, and that the law under which the Board was organized has been so amended as to strengthen and assist the Board in the accomplishment of the work delegated to them. This satisfaction will also, we are sure, be felt by every person in the State who has the true prosperity of the great fruit interest at heart.

It is also very gratifying to the members of this commission that our sister State, Washington, has also adopted a law similar to our own; and we trust the united action of the two may make each the more effective.

The work of the past two years has revealed the fact that nearly all parts of the State are infested with insects that are injurious to the tree and fruit. There are, however, some that threaten the tree and fruit with their dangerous presence to a degree that calls for the most active work on the part of every person who has a tree upon which any one of these has or can be found, to make use of every means possible to exterminate them. Those demanding special attention are the San José Scale, Woolly and Green Aphis, and Codlin Moth. The winter season, when the tree is in a dormant condition, is for many reasons the time when the most effective work can be done in the destruction of the San José Scale and the Aphis, and those who have thus made use of the washes recommended by this Board will find that they have very materially lightened the work of battling them during the spring and summer months. In former bulletins issued by this Board reference has been made to the fact that the San José Scale had been found in two sections of the State. Since then it has been found in other sectious, and it is now feared that it has secured a lodgment in nearly all parts of the State, for it is found wherever trees from California have been planted.