FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
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Secretary’s Report. 
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen : 
At the beginning of the year, the pros¬ 
pects for a large menibership were not at 
all flattering, and when the report of our 
president’s death was confirmed, it seemed 
at the time that the shock to the Society 
would tend to dwarf it. But this calamity 
which has befallen us, seems tO' have 
awakened the interest of every one in the 
Society and to draw the members closer 
together and efforts were ma'db to. in¬ 
crease our membership, so' that at the be¬ 
ginning of our meeting we had nearly 
twice as many members as a year ago. 
At the beginning of the last meeting, on¬ 
ly 285 members enrolled, while at the be¬ 
ginning of this meeting 515, and during 
the meeting over 50 names have been ad¬ 
ded. 
Since the last meeting I have received 
for the Horticultural Society as followis: 
Life members, 10, at $10.00 ..$100.00 
Reports for 1905 sold 8 . 8.00 
Reports for 1906 sold 58 . 58.00 
Membership for 1908, 5 . 5.00 
Membership for 1907, 515 . 515.00 
For registering reports . .40 
Received as donations from— 
A. D. Makepeace $1.00 
B. F. Blount .25 
H. S. Pennock • 1.00 2.25 
Cash donations received from 
members towards making the 
1907 report a memorial num¬ 
ber in honor of C. T. McCarty 85.00 $773.65 
I have paid out for the Society since 
the last meeting as follows: 
Envelopes .$ 2.50 
Telegrams . .96 
Express . .75 
Freight on reports . 2.84 
Postage .^. 29.26 
To W. S. Hart, on account .... 400.00 
To W. S. Hart, on account .... 252.34 
To W. S. Hart, cash . 85.00 $773.65 
We now have enrolled 76 life members 
2 honorary members 
515 members for 1907 
593 in all 
The Society has received from Mr. S. 
H. Gaitskill, of McIntosh, fourteen copies 
of the Horticultural Reports for past 
years, which now gives us a complete file 
from 1892 to the present year. 
We have also received a copy of the 
proceedings of 1906 from the Georgia 
Horticultural Association. 
The above is respectfully submitted. 
E. O. Painter, 
Secretary. 
Supplementary Report: 
Sixty-four 1907 and three 1908 annual 
memberships have been received) since the 
beginning of this meeting. The amount 
received from special collection on ac¬ 
count of McCarty Memorial Edition 
amounted to $85.00. 
Treasurer’s Report 
Debits. 
1906. 
May 4th, To Balance on hand $274.49 
1907. 
May 11th, Sec. E. 0. Painter’s 
check . 400.00 
May 16th, Sec. E. 0. Painter’s 
check . 252.34 
May 17, Sec. E. O. Painter’s 
cash . 85.00 $1,011.83 
Credits. 
1906 
May 10th, by E. O. Painter, 
stenographer’s fee .$ 50.00 
Dec. 25th, by E. 0. Painter Co., 
on report .. 349.15 
May 17th, Bal in treasury- 612.68 $1,011.83 
W. S. Hart, Treasurer. 
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