FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
43 
From the beginning the Experiment 
Station has had an appropriation of 
$15000 a year. During the seventeen 
years of its life the State of Florida has 
not appropriated anything toward equip¬ 
ment and maintenance of this institution. 
Consequently what it has done has been 
accomplished entirely on Federal appro¬ 
priation. This, of course, is much to be 
regretted, especially from the fact that, 
if, additional funds from the State had 
been accessible it would have been pos¬ 
sible to have erected very suitable build¬ 
ings and to undertake much more elabor¬ 
ate and useful experiments than it has 
been possible in the present conditions. 
Frequently in planning experiments these 
have had to be altered in such a way as 
to make it possible to meet the expendi¬ 
tures under the conditions imposed by the 
Hatch Act. Another serious condition 
that has arisen is the fact that the amount 
of appropriation has not been increased 
since the inauguration of the experiment 
stations and yet the living expenses and 
supplies have nearly doubled in prices. 
In some cases these have more than 
doubled in price. This is especially true 
of labor in the vicinity of the Experiment 
Station. 
CO-OPERATION. 
Our most successful experiments that 
have been carried out by the Elorida 
Experiment Station the State has co¬ 
operated with the Experiment Station. 
Among the first of these co-operative ex¬ 
periments was the one conducted in the 
fertilization of pineapples on the field be¬ 
longing to Mr. T. V. Moore, at Jensen, 
Florida. In this experiment Mr. Moore 
furnished the field and took care of it; 
while the Experiment Station furnisfied 
the fertilizer and made the application. 
The crop was the property of Mr. Moore, 
excepting that the Experiment Station 
made use of as many of the ripened pine¬ 
apples as might be needed for scientific 
work. This piece of work proved to be 
so thoroughly successful, that in spite of 
the fact that the writer was roundly criti¬ 
cised by members of the Board of Trus¬ 
tees, they found themselves in a position 
where his successor was permitted to car¬ 
ry out the exact line of work after a year 
or two of interruption. 
In this connection allow me to say that 
the members of the Elorida State Horti¬ 
cultural Society have always given the 
Experiment Station their generous sym¬ 
pathy, and in every way pointed out to 
them, have co-operated and helped us 
along in the most cordial way. This 
generous co-operation has not been 
merely that of words of encouragement, 
but in actual help in the field. Our sci¬ 
entific staff is not only welcome but re¬ 
quests and importunities are constantly 
coming for expert help and advice in the 
field. Whenever possible we respond 
promptly and cheerfully. There are 
times however when the conditions at 
the Experiment Station will not permit 
us to be absent. It shows that a very 
great interest is being taken at the pres¬ 
ent time in scientific information, and 
that the latest and most improved meth¬ 
ods are sought. 
NEEDS OF THE EXPERIMENT STATION. 
The first requisite of the Experiment 
Station is to have your hearty sympathy 
and support. These you have given very 
generously, though, possibly, not always 
in the most effective way. We have at 
times lost some of our most active and 
energetic men, that could have been saved 
to us if every member of the horticultural 
