Report of Secretary 
Mr. Presidentj Ladies and Gentlemen: 
At one time it looked "“as if the mem¬ 
bership of the Horticultural Society was 
going to be considerably behind that of 
last year as there were not very many 
remittances received for membership fees 
during the year. However, the last no¬ 
tice to the members brought out a large 
response and many of the members did 
some good missionary work in the way of 
securing new members and today I am 
able to make the following report: 
Membership fee received for 1905 
reports since last meeting. .$ 76.00 
Membership fees for 1906. 436.00 
Seven life members at $10 each. . 70.00 
For 1907 memberships. 2.00 
Postage . .10 
$584.10 
Draft to the Treasurer to balance 584.10 
These figures place our present mem¬ 
bership as follows: 
New annual members for 1906.436 
New life members . 7 
Old life members . 60 
503 
The Society has developed a new friend 
at St. Petersburg, Mr. James Henry, who 
at one time sent in 13 members. Mrs. 
McCarty has also put in good work hav¬ 
ing sent in 12 members. Mr. E. L. Rich¬ 
ardson of Avon Park sent in 4 as also 
did Mr. F. M. Campbell of Largo. Quite 
a number of members sent in from one 
. to three. 
The following list of expenses, since 
last meeting is respectfully submitted: 
1905- 
Dec. 23. Noble Newspaper Un- 
ion for printing. . . . 
$440.35 
May 22. Stenographer. 
Secretary’s salary. 
50.00 
100.00 
Dec. 20. Mailing 1905 reports. 
27.14 
1906. 
Jan. 5. E. 0. Painter Printing 
Co., stationery .... 
4.00 
Jan. 5. E. 0. Painter Printing 
Co., stationery .... 
9-47 
Telegrams. 
.62 
Jan. Postage, Printing and 
Mailing reports . . . 
71-05 
Mar. 3. S. F. Hall & Sons, 
printing. 
4.00 
Apr. 20. S. F. Hall & Sons, 
printing. 
13-25 
Cash balance on hand of Treas- 
urer . 
274.49 
$994•37 
Treasurer’s balance on 
hand.$410.27. 
Secretary’s draft* check 
to Treasurer .... 584.10—994.37 
It will be seen from the above report 
that the society is going to be consider¬ 
ably short of sufficient funds to meet the 
coming year’s expenses, to say nothing 
of the expense of presenting a resolution 
to the State Legislature for an appropri¬ 
ation. It is earnestly hoped that all mem¬ 
bers of the society will increase their ef¬ 
forts towards getting more new mem- 
