Election of Officers^. 
The President—The regular order be¬ 
ing the election of officers for the ensuing 
year, the chair will request Mr. F. D. 
Waite, third vice-president, to preside. 
Mr. Waite takes the chair. 
Mr. Taber—^^Mr. President, Ladies and 
Gentlemen: The hour has arrived to make 
nominations for your presiding officers 
for the ensuing year. I take this occasion 
to profoundly thank the Florida State 
Horticultural Society for the honor it has 
successively conferred upon me, in mak¬ 
ing me your chief presiding officer for 
nine years. I desire now to say that I 
believe the time has arrived when you 
should make another selection for your 
chief presiding officer, I believe it will be 
of benefit to the society to do so, and I de¬ 
sire to present to you, for your considera¬ 
tion and for your unanimous support, a 
gentleman well known to you as one of the 
strongest and ablest members of this so¬ 
ciety. I refer to Mr. C. T. McCarty of 
Eldred, Florida, and bespeak for him your 
hearty, royal support. 
Mr. Blackman—Mr. President, this so¬ 
ciety would most reluctantly, in my judg¬ 
ment, consider the resignation of its presi¬ 
dent Mr. G. L. Taber, under whose guid¬ 
ance the society has prospered so long, and 
I desire to place in nomination the name 
of Mr. Taber for re-election to that office. 
Mr. Jones—Mr. President, I wish most 
heartily to second the nomination of Mr. 
Taber. 
Mr. Taber—Mr. President, I beg the 
gentlemen who do me the kindness to pre¬ 
sent mv name, in the best interests of the 
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society to withdraw it. It is my belief 
that the time has arrived when you 
should make another selection, and I 
would ask the unanimous consent of this 
society to consider the nomination of the 
gentleman I have just presented to you, 
Mr. C. T. McCarty. 
Mr. Blackman—It appears that Mr. ' 
Taber desires and wishes,that his name be 
withdrawn and in doing so I will also 
move that the nomination be closed and 
that the secretary be instructed to cast 
the unanimous vote of the society for Mr. 
C. T. McCarty of Eldred, for president. 
Mr. Waite—The nomination prevails, 
the secretary will cast the vote. 
Mr. Painter—The secretary casts the 
unanimous vote of the society for Mr. 
C. T. McCarty for president. 
Mr. McCarty—Mr. President, Ladies 
and Gentlemen: It is a great 
honor you have conferred upon me 
to succeed our worthy president, 
Mr. Taber, whom we have all learned to 
honor and to love for his untiring devo¬ 
tion to the interests f this society. If there 
had been an intention to urge my- name be¬ 
fore this society for any office in opposi¬ 
tion to the interests of this society. If there 
Mr. Taber, and you should entertain the 
opinion that I would have permitted it, I 
wish to assure you that it is a mistaken 
idea. I could never have allowed my 
name to have been presented had I not 
known that the determination of Mr. 
Taber not to further accept this honor at 
your hands, was irrevocable. I shall en¬ 
deavor to the best of my ability to make 
