FLORIDA STATE 
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HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
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QUARTERLY 
VOL. XXXIV 
January, April and July, 1921. Printed October, 1921. 
Nos 1, 2 and 3 
Contents 
Officers for 1921- III 
Constitution_ IV 
List of Members_ IX 
Proceedings of Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting _ XXIX 
Address of Welcome, Dr. David Fairchild - 1 
Response, B. L. Hammer- 6 
President's Annual Address, H. Harold Hume _ 8 
Horticultural Pioneers of the Tropics, David Fairchild_ 12 
The Institute for Research in Tropical America, Wilmon Newell__ 24 
Grass Culture as Applied to Golf Course Construction in Florida, Jos. R. Brooks 28 
The Golf Course at Mountain Lake, R. H. Linderman_ 34 
Moisture Retaining Properties of Different Soils and Its Relation to the Growth 
of Grasses, John R. Van Kleek-i_ 37 
Little Known Plant Materials and Their Uses in Securing Tropical Effects, N. 
A. Reasoner_ 41 
Ornamentals Growing on the Lower East Coast of Florida, J. B. Donnelly__50 
Recent Development in Sub-Tropical Horticulture, W. J. Krome- 56 
The Avocado from the Investor’s Standpoint, L. F. Flipse- 60 
The Control of Insect Pests on the Avocado, G. F. Moznette_ 64 
Spraying for Avocado Diseases, H. E. Stevens _ 69 
Behavior of the Guatemalan Avocado and the Chinese Mango in South Florida, 
Edward Simmonds- 75 
Avocados in Polk County, L. D. Niles- 77 
Avocado Culture in South Dade County, E. R. Goldberg-,- 81 
The Avocado and Mango on the Sand Lands of Palm Beach and St. Lucie 
County, John B. Beach- 86 
Shipping and Marketing the Avocado, Hamilton Michelson- 89 
Some Observations on Avocados in Custard Apple Muck, H. O. Sebring- 92 
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