Call to Order, Addresses of Welcome 
and Responses 
CALL TO ORDER 
L. B. Skinner, Vice-President 
Members of the Florida State Horticul¬ 
tural Society, Ladies and Gentlemen : 
The meeting will please come to order. 
I am very sorry, and I know you all feel 
the same way, that Mr. Hume is not here 
to start this meeting, but I promise you 
he will be here in a day at the latest; 
sometime tomorrow, we hope. Mr. Hume 
is at Tallahassee working very hard and, 
I 
as we hope, successfully, to get our crop 
pest bill passed in order to save the orange 
and grapefruit industry of Florida from 
what apparently threatens its utter de¬ 
struction. 
It devolves upon me to take Mr. 
Hume’s place and to call the twenty-eighth 
annual meeting of the Florida State Hor¬ 
ticultural Society to order. 
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF TAMPA 
Mayor D. B. McKay 
Mr. Vice-President, Ladies and Gentle¬ 
men : 
I welcome this convention to Tampa 
with very great pleasure and with the 
keenest satisfaction. I anticipate that this 
is to be one of the most important con¬ 
ventions ever held in this state. I have 
read the subjects that are to be discussed; 
I have considered the make-up of your 
Society, and I feel confident I am justi¬ 
fied in that prediction. 
Tampa feels the keenest interest in 
your deliberations; our fortunes are bound 
up with yours. You represent the great¬ 
est industry of the state; this is its center. 
We want you to feel confident of our co¬ 
operation, our sympathy and our interest. 
If there is anything we can do to promote 
your welfare, to preserve your comfort 
or your happiness while your are here, 
you have but to make your wants known. 
L thank you. (Applause) 
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