Proceedings of the Twenty-Eighth 
Annual Meeting of the Florida 
State Horticultural Society 
When the members voted in 1914 
for the next meeting* to be held in 
Tampa, they went with promises of 
much in store for them, and they were 
not disappointed. The people of Tam¬ 
pa entertained the Society royally. One 
very interesting feature of their enter¬ 
tainment was the display they had in 
the Fair Building of things useful to 
the grower on his farm. They also 
gave a very pleasant morning to the 
members in the way of a vaudeville en¬ 
tertainment and moving pictures. Mr. 
Hamner was untiring in his efforts to 
give individual attention to each mem¬ 
ber and help everyone have a good 
time. 
Never before have the members re¬ 
sponded so willingly to help make our 
Tampa meeting a success. The pa¬ 
pers were unusually good, and a full 
report was made by each committee. 
We were unusually fortunate this year 
in having with us Dr. L. H. Bailey, 
former Dean of Horticulture at Cornell 
University. His address was unusually 
interesting and his pleasant manner 
charmed his hearers. We hope to have 
Dean Bailey with us again some time 
in the future. 
When the question of next place of 
meeting was taken up, Arcadia, Or¬ 
lando and Fort Myers all sent invita¬ 
tions for the 1916 session to be held 
with them. When Arcadia invited the 
Society at Palatka and Tampa took it 
away from her she said she would win 
out the next year. This year her dele¬ 
gates came to win, and they won. 
Therefore the Twenty-Ninth Annual 
Meeting will be held at Arcadia, Fla., 
next May. 
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