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FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
afternoon session at 2 o'clock. Ladies are 
especially invited. 
Yours respectfully, 
E. O. Painter, 
President E. O. Painter Fertilizer Co. 
Mr. McCarty—Mr. President, I move 
that the society accept Mr. Painter’s kind 
invitation, under the provision, however, 
that he fumigate the acid chambers, throw 
a tarpaulin over his blood and bone, and 
will agree not to give us any dissertations 
upon fertilizers, for we should all I am 
sure like to visit this large establishment, 
and see for ourselves where and how the 
fertilizer manufacturers get such euphon¬ 
ious and sweet-sounding if not fragrant 
names as “Simon Pure,” “Gem” and 
“Ideal” as applied to some of these goods 
we pay the handsome price of $40 to $45 
per ton for. 
Mr. E. O. Painter—Mr. President, I 
can assure Mr. McCarty that the bad odors 
will be kept under subjection, and the most 
fastidious will have no cause for offense, 
but whether he will enjoy the ammonia, 
potash and phosphoric acid that he will 
partake of during the lunch remains to be 
seen. 
The invitation was unanimously ac¬ 
cepted. 
Captain Gamer’s Invitation. 
The President—The chair desires to an¬ 
nounce to the society that Captain C. E. 
Garner is with us, and desires to extend 
personally an invitation for some enter¬ 
tainment of the society. 
Captain Garner—^Mr. President, Ladies 
and Gentlemen; The Jacksonville Board 
of Trade has arranged, as a portion of 
your entertainment during your delibera¬ 
tions, an excursion on the St. Johns river 
on the Steamer May Garner. The steamer 
will leave her docks at 10130 a . m ., and I 
wish to extend to you one and all a cordial 
invitation to go on this little river trip, 
which I trust you will find pleasant and 
refresh you for your afternoon’s session. 
The President—The chair, for the so¬ 
ciety, extends to Captain Garner and the 
Jacksonville Board of Trade the heartfelt 
thanks of the society for his kind invita¬ 
tion, which is accepted. 
Wilson Sa Toomer’s Invitation. 
Mk President, Ladies and Gentlemen: 
The excursion planned by the Board of 
Trade to-morrow on the St. Johns river 
does not provide for any objective point, 
and if it should meet your pleasure we 
should like very much indeed to have you 
stop at “Idealia,” and look over our new 
modem fertilizer factory, which we believe 
would prove instructive as well as interest¬ 
ing to a great many members. And while 
you are in that locality you would also see 
the new improvements being made along 
the river front, the large export yards of 
the Atlantic Coast Line and also the Flor¬ 
ida Naval Stores Co., as well as other 
industries that are being started in that 
section. 
Trusting we may have the pleasure of 
showing you through our factory, we are. 
Yours respectfully, 
Lorenzo A. Wilson, 
President Wilson & Toomer 
Fertilizer Co. 
Mr. Painter—^As the excursion has no 
objective point to which to take the mem¬ 
bers, I move that the society accept Mr. 
Wilson’s invitation so that the members 
can see the improvements made in that 
section. 
