PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
TWENTIETH ANNUAL MEETING 
OF THE 
Florida State Horticultural Society. 
For the twentieth time the Florida 
State Horticultural Society held its annual 
meeting, and the place of meeting this 
time was within the gates of the delight¬ 
ful city of St. Petersburg. Owing to the 
poor schedules for getting to St. Peters¬ 
burg it was thought that only a small 
number of members would be at the open¬ 
ing session, but in this every one was dis¬ 
appointed. The first session was well at¬ 
tended, and each meeting up to the close 
the attendance was above the average. In 
fact, there were more members in attend¬ 
ance during this session than at any time 
since the meeting was held at Miami. So 
many of the members had never visited 
St. Petersburg or seen the Manatee sec¬ 
tion, therefore they were delighted with 
all they saw while on the trip, as well as 
entertained by the splendid program offer¬ 
ed. 
The good people of St. Petersburg 
chartered the Steamer Favorite and gave 
the members a delightful ride up the 
Manatee River. Owing to the rain no one 
was able to get off and view the country 
around, but they were able to put in the 
more time regaling the inner man with 
the good lunch the St. Petersburg people 
sent along and seiwed by the Ladies’ Im¬ 
provement Society. The brew of the 
coffee was perfection, the salads were su¬ 
perb, the sandwiches just right, and, a 
plenty of everything for everybody. 
The “next place of meeting” was an 
interesting topic and was frequently dis¬ 
cussed between meetings, in the boat, and 
whenever a few gathered together. When 
the voting time came, however, Gaines¬ 
ville won with a good majority and was 
announced as the next place for holding 
the twenty-first annual meeting of the 
Florida State Horticultural Society. 
