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FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
to give credit by naming all. A most at¬ 
tractive exhibit of exotic plants in the par¬ 
lors of the Halcyon Hotel, arranged by 
James Donn of Miami, assisted by N. A. 
Reasoner of Oneco, deserves favorable 
mention. It is hoped that exhibits of this 
sort will be made at future meetings 
and that these will in time lead to the es¬ 
tablishment of an annual Flower Show 
under the auspices of the Horticultural 
Society, at which prizes of such impor¬ 
tance can be offered to attract the best 
growers. Since Florida is the Land of 
Flowers, it is quite logical that it should 
have an annual Flower Show that will be 
surpassed by none in America. 
A small but excellent exhibit of very 
fancy fruit was arranged and shown by 
different marketing agencies. This also 
should be a feature at every meeting of 
the Society. 
The large membership that the Society 
enjoys is due largely to the efforts of Mr. 
Frank Stirling and his co-workers. An 
indefatigable worker, he devoted his 
whole energies at personal sacrifice for 
the benefit of the Society. Few people 
realize the difficulties and expense entailed 
in building up a large membership. Un¬ 
less the expense can be reduced during the 
coming campaign, it will be necessary to 
ask the Society at its next annual meeting 
to increase the annual membership fee. 
The members can help to avoid this situ¬ 
ation by remitting their annual fees for 
1922 to the Secretary at Orlando, Florida, 
promptly upon receipt of this Proceedings 
or of the first notice that the annual fee 
of one dollar is due and payable. 
The Proceedings of the Florida State 
Horticultural Society should be in the 
home of every fruit grower in Florida. 
The Society should have a membership of 
more than 5,000. It can have this number 
if every member will help. 
OPENING 
H. Harold Hume: The Thirty-fourth 
Annual Session of the Florida State Hor¬ 
ticultural Society will now come to order. 
We will have an opening prayer by the 
Reverend Merrill. 
Prayer. 
H. H. Hume: It is usual as a part of 
our program at the opening meeting to 
have an address of welcome and the ad¬ 
dress tonight is to be made, not by Mr. 
Sewall whose name is on the program, 
but by a man who has been deeply inter¬ 
ested in the development of Florida for 
a good many years; a man who has in 
many ways done much to advance the 
horticultural interests of the State; a man 
who is almost a resident of Florida. It 
is my pleasure to introduce to you for 
this address Dr. David Fairchild. 
