FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
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Resolution of Thanks. 
Whereas : The Florida Stafe Horti¬ 
cultural Society during its regular an¬ 
nual meeting, has been so royally enter¬ 
tained by the citizens and Board of Trade, 
it is fit and proper that we give some ex¬ 
pression of our appreciation of the courte¬ 
sies extended; therefore, be it 
Resolved, That we wish to thank the 
Tampa Bay Transportation Company for 
the use of their beautiful steamer, ^^The 
Favorite” for a free trip up the Manatee 
River, the ladies of the Town Improve¬ 
ment Association for the elegant lunch 
so generously served, and the citizens of 
St. Petersburg as a whole, for their uni¬ 
form courtesy anal hospitality during our 
stay, and also we wish to thank all of the 
transportation companies for the special 
rate given us. 
W. N. Wilson, 
Geo. Kerr, 
J. F. Farley, 
P. J. Wester, 
J. B. Curtis, 
Committee. 
Question Box. 
No. I —What is the best method to de¬ 
foliate ? 
Member—It is to take your thumb and 
finger and pull the leaves off. 
Mr. Hart—I would like to ask if you 
think it is practicable to defoliate, say, 
four square miles of trees in this way? 
Mr. Painter—A large per cent, of trees 
or shrubs can be defoliated by spraying 
with a strong solution of Bordeaux mix¬ 
ture. By a strong solution I mean one 
in which the copper has not all been neu¬ 
tralized by the lime. Thrip juice in the 
proportion of i to 500 will also defoliate 
trees and shrubbery. 
No. 2—Which is the best time to plant 
cabbage palms ; can they be transplanted 
any time in the year? 
Prof. Rolfs—I have seen them live 
when transplanted during any one of the 
twelve months. The best time to trans¬ 
plant is after a long diry spell and before 
that dry spell has been broken. 
Mr. Sperry—I contemplated setting out 
a large quantity of palms. Before doing 
so I talked with a man who had a large 
experience in planting palms, and he stat¬ 
ed the best time is during the wet season 
in the summer. 
Mr. Chilton—From my experience, I 
would say Februar}" or March. We have 
our wet times during those months. I 
have been informed that in digging them 
up it is well to trim off the small roots 
and plant them deeper than when they 
came out of the ground. Trim them close 
to the ground anal plant them, one foot 
deeper than they were originally. 
No. 3—I understand that this society 
frowns down any attempt made by ad- 
