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FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
you a fair and impartial presiding officer. 
My chief aim shall at all times be the ad¬ 
vancement of the interests of your wel¬ 
fare and that of this society, at least for 
the year for which I have been elected for 
I wish now to assure you that I have no 
ambition to serve for such a great length of 
time as has been the case with our esteem¬ 
ed ex-president. Again I thank you. 
(Applause.) 
The names of Dr. C. W. Richardson, 
G. W. Wilson and G. F. Kerr being 
placed in nomination, the secretary cast 
the unanimous vote of the society for 
their election. 
The name of Mr. E. O. Painter was 
placed in nomination for secretary and the 
assistant secretarv was instructed to cast 
the unanimous vote of the society for his 
election. 
The name of W. S. Hart was placed in 
nomination for treasurer and the secretary 
was instructed to cast the unanimous vote 
of the society for his election. 
The names of Rev. Lyman Phelps, E. 
S. Hubbard and G. L. Taber were placed 
in nomination for the executive committee 
and the secretary instructed to cast the 
unanimous vote of the society for their 
election. 
Next Place of Meeting. 
Mr. Blackman—Mr. President, the 
next order of business must of necessity be 
the fixing of the time and place of holding 
our next annual session. I wish to extend 
to the society a most cordial invitation to 
hold its next annual session on the lower 
east coast, in that magic little city Miami. 
I am authorized and commissioned by the 
Mayor and Board of Trade of the city 
of Miami to urge upon your consideration 
this invitation. We want you to come 
down to Miami. We want to show you 
what we have been doing down there, and 
(as a measure of what you may expect) 
I stand here to assure you that your mem¬ 
bership will be increased by this selection, 
and you will have more money in your 
treasury than you ever did have. ‘ This 
was the case when you held your session 
in Miami once and it will be so again. I 
am here to promise you, in addition, the 
lowest railroad rates that you ever heard 
of to enable you to reach Miami, and to 
promise you one of the finest excursions 
on our bays and rivers, and through our 
deep sea channel out to the broad ex¬ 
panse of the Atlantic, besides many other 
good things too numerous to mention in 
detail at this time. I want to say though, 
Mr. President, that Miami wants this so¬ 
ciety to hold its next annual session within 
her hospitable gates, and I sincerely hope 
you will accept her invitation. 
Mr. Richardson (of Miami.)—Mr. 
President, I rise to second the invitation 
of Mr. Blackman, we desire this society to 
hold its next annual session at Miami, 
and will use our utmost endeavor to make 
your session a pleasurable and profitable 
one. 
