Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1891-10-03


The following statement OF the pro-
ceedings of the Pathological society at
Pasadena is condensed from the report
in the Star OF that city:
The committee on. legislation author.
lied by vote of the society just before
the noon hour was announced by Presi-
dent Hamilton as follows:
Hiram Hamilton, Of Orange, chair.
man; F. A. Kimball, of San Diego; A.
f. Kercheval, Of Los Angeles; N. H.
Blanchard, of Ventura; 7. A. Geary, Of
Santa Barbara, and DR.. N. II. Clafflin
of San Bernardino.
The committee on an exhibit at the
worlds fair reported through A. c.
Fish that an energetic effort will be
made BY the society.
H. X. Snow was appointed on the
committee in place of D. Z. Smith,
whose resignation was.accepted.
Interesting papers were read on lemon
culture and curing by E. M. Hatch and
N. w. Blanchard (the secretary reading
the latter in the authors absence).
They, as we'll as Mr.. Clark's paper on
Tree Pruning and Mr.. Thompson's on
Marketing Fruits were discussed by va
rious members.
With reference to marketing fruits,
Mr.. Hewett said last years shipments
of poor fruits from this state had in
jured its reputation, bat that California
fruits remain double the price OF other
states, and if we maintain the quality
at high standard we shall be all right.
Both Mr. Hewitt and AIr. Thompson
deprecated the poor exhibit ofSouthern
California fruits at the permanent Chi
cago exhibit.
The following is an additional list of
members who signed the roll of the So
ciety before adjourning:
q. B. Hewett, Pasadena; Fred Ells-
worth. Lordsburg; Jas. Worth, G. L.
Case, F. X. Rule, Pasadena; Thos. J.
Jones, Palmdale; G. Eshman, Los An
geles E. 0. Kennard, Glendora; G. W.
Ellingwood, San Diego; A. F. Carter,
Los Angeles.
In the evening the society reassem-
bled at the Carlton, with good attend
ance Of members and visitors.
The first thing on the programme was
an address on Origin of Insect Pests, by
G. w. Ellingwood of San Diego. This
gentleman's ideas were of a novel ma
ture. He said he was pleased to speak
before the society, especially in Pasa-
dena. which he much admired, and
which he considered the garden of Cali
fornia. This state, he thought, has at
one time been an inland sea, the subsi-
dence of which has left the earth full of
decomposed organic matter, including
When tree roots strike
this decomposed matter they become
sickly. The top soil we find so rich in
California has in it none of this matter.
Perhaps there are not 100 acres of thie
diseased soil in all Southern California,
but enough to infect the whole state.
Mr.. Ferguson, one of the horticultural
of San Bernardino county,
read by request paper ON insect pests.
Discussion elected the general opin-
ion that the gas treatment is the most
effectual remedy for scale.
Mr.. Bishop, the originator OF the
fumigating process, made few remarks
by request. He believed in fumiga-
ton, especially for the red scale, which
he thought worse than the white scale.
In Orange county, the red scale has
full destruction. Casing is
the only adequate remedy-gassing dene
in the night. Fumigation has been
reduced in price, as mate
rial that once cost 81 tree can now be
had for IS cents, while generator that
cost $125 is now bought for % cents.
In answer to question as to injury
by lime, sulphur and salt, President
Hamilton stated that he had found that
it had proved grand success, doirg no
injury to the tree, but benefting it.
Mr.. Bishop said he thought the resin
wash as good as the other, and much
cheaper. He makes it by putting in
boiler a small quantity OF water, in
which caustic is first added and then
resin, and finally linseed oil.
Mr.. Hamilton read a paper on legis-
lation. He traced the history Of legis-
lation in this state, and drew the con-
clusion that law which places the bur-
den of proof upon the horticultural COM