FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
9 
We can boast in “The Season” society’3 
smile, 
And of “functions” a daily repast. 
Then come! Oh, do come! to our City of 
Flowers, 
And partake of our bliss we beseech! 
In the North leave Earth’s storms and ex¬ 
change them for showers 
Of the Heaven that you’ll find at Palm 
Beach. 
RESPONSE 
S. F. Poole, Winter Haven. 
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen : 
I indeed consider this a great privilege 
and a great honor to be selected to make 
this response on this auspicious occasion. 
As we came into your beautiful town 
this evening, we admired your broad 
streets, your beautiful yards and your 
fine buildings. We realized that you must 
have some “live wires” behind this town. 
We have looked forward with a great 
deal of anticipation to this event, and I 
do not believe we are going to be disap¬ 
pointed in the least. We have enjoyed 
ourselves every minute of the time. 
I noticed as I was coming into town 
this evening, that you had no fences about 
your yards, and I have been told the 
reason for this is that people, when they 
get here, are so anxious to stay here that 
you do not need any fences to retain 
them. (Laughter.) 
We have in our Winter Haven section, 
a great many visitors coming to us every 
year, but we must have fences in order 
to protect ourselves and keep out a great 
many of them. (Laughter.) 
I am glad to make this response for 
the Society, because we are in this beau¬ 
tiful place; also because of the Society 
that is represented here tonight. It is one 
of the great institutions of the State of 
Florida; it stands for great things in hor¬ 
ticulture. It stands for extensive results. 
We believe in getting the best that is pos¬ 
sible out of our labor, not only getting the 
greatest quantity but the best quality in 
our products, and by so doing we aim to 
make Florida and the products of the 
State of Florida, known all over this 
broad country. 
We are engaged in a wonderful work, 
and as we come here this year, we hope 
to discuss these various phases connected 
with horticulture, and we hope that we 
shall all get great benefits from these dis¬ 
cussions. The officers conducting the 
affairs of this Society are the strongest 
men in the state in their chosen line. They 
are men, and women as well, who have a 
national reputation, and this speaks well 
for the Society. It indicates the great 
strength it has among our own people and 
the affairs of our nation. 
Florida is a great state; it has wonder¬ 
ful possibilities, and we have only begun 
to scratch the very outside of our re¬ 
sources. Look at her agricultural possi- 
