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FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
presented during the course of the lec¬ 
ture added much to its interest. Mr. 
McFarland’s address was an inspiration, 
and will no doubt do much to inspire in 
the hearts of his hearers a greater desire 
to beautify both the back and front yards 
of their homes. Recorded elsewhere is a 
short address by Mr. McFarland. 
Among other attentions shown the 
members of the society by the good peo¬ 
ple of Palatka was a pleasant excursion 
on the beautiful St. John’s river—the 
steamer City of Jacksonville having 
been chartered for that purpose by Pa- 
latka’s enterprising Board of Trade. In 
addition to the steamer excursion there 
was an excursion by automobile through 
the great potato fields of Putnam county 
and to the immense camphor grove a few 
miles south of Palatka—the largest culti¬ 
vated camphor grove in the world. 
When the question of the next place of 
meeting was taken up, Arcadia. Gaines¬ 
ville, Ft. Myers and Taimoa—each ex¬ 
tended cordial invitations to meet with 
them the coming year. Gainesville grace¬ 
fully withdrew and Ft. Myers was 
dropped after the first ballot. On the 
second ballot Tampa won by a good ma¬ 
jority, and at that place the Society will 
meet next year. 
