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FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
a committee of this Society, headed by 
L. B. Skinner, went to Tallahassee to 
endeavor if possible to secure its pass¬ 
age. It was passed by the Senate, but 
lest out in the House. 
This brings us up to November, 1914, 
when a joint meeting of the Legislative 
Committee of the State Horticultural 
Society, the Executive Committee of 
the Growers’ and Shippers’ League, and 
representatives from the Experiment 
Station, and the Citrus Exchange, was 
called by the President of the Horti¬ 
cultural Society to meet in Orlando 
Nov. 9, 1914. At this meeting Mr. 
Hume, Mr. Tenny, and Judge I. A. 
Stewart were appointed a committee 
to draft a crop pest bill to be submitted 
to a subsequent meeting. 
Early in February, 1915, these repre¬ 
sentatives were again called together 
and the bill drafted by Messrs. Tenny 
and Hume (Judge Stewart on account 
of legal matters being unable to assist) 
was submitted and approved with slight 
changes. A committee consisting of 
Mr. Krome, Dr. Hiram Byrd and Mr. 
Kilburn from Dade County was also 
present. 
Mr. Hume was instructed to lay this 
bill before Governor Trammell and se¬ 
cure his endorsement. In the mean¬ 
time, however, another bill was re¬ 
ceived from Mr. C. L. Marlatt, Chair¬ 
man of the Federal Quarantine Board, 
Washington, D. C., which so impressed 
itself upon our President that he modi¬ 
fied it and placed the two bills before 
the Governor. Governor Trammell re¬ 
ported a few days later, favoring the 
modified Marlatt bill. 
This bill was then substituted for the 
bill drafted by Messrs. Tenny and 
Hume. A campaigffiby correspondence 
was taken up by President Hume with 
the members of the State Legislature. 
Many of them were visited by Mr. 
Plume and others. 
The extreme gravity of the canker 
situation in Dade County, as affecting 
the whole State, was ably presented to 
the February meeting in Orlando, by 
the South Dade County delegation, and 
it was decided to ask for a sufficient 
appropriation to take care of this men¬ 
ace, in addition to the appropriation 
carried in the plant act bill. Later, Dr. 
Hiram Byrd offered his services in be¬ 
half of this work and Messrs. Tenny 
and Hume decided that it would be best 
for him to undertake it under the aus¬ 
pices of the Florida Growers’ and Ship¬ 
pers’ League. Dr. Byrd visited a large 
number of the legislators and rendered 
service, the value of which cannot be 
estimated. By the time the Legisla¬ 
ture convened, the members of both 
House and Senate had been very gen¬ 
erally acquainted with the canker situ¬ 
ation and the necessity for an adequate 
quarantine law. 
Mr. Hume went to Tallahassee on 
April 5th for the opening of the Legis¬ 
lature, Dr. Byrd arrived on the 6th and 
Mr. Tenny on the 7th. The work of 
securing the necessary support was vig¬ 
orously pushed. On the morning of 
April 7th, Senator F. M. Hudson of 
Miami, Fla., introduced two bills into 
the Senate, the Plant Act Bill No. 4, 
and the Citrus Canker Appropriation 
Bill No. 6. These were referred to the 
