FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
to contend with, our sailing would be 
easy. 
But we have found that in the produc¬ 
tion and cultivation of it on a large area— 
we have now 1000 acres of it in trees, we 
are finding various unfavorable condi¬ 
tions that affect the plants. We are 
finding physiological conditions that are 
adverse to the growth of the plant and 
a number of fungi that attack the plant, 
and a number of insects that are going 
after them. They were exceedingly se¬ 
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rious with us last year. We feel that we 
are getting the greater part of these ad¬ 
verse conditions under control, but they 
are not completely eliminated, by any 
means. 
From conditions as they exist at the 
present time, it would appear that these 
conditions are going to be the controlling 
factor determining whether the produc¬ 
tion of camphor in this country is going 
to be a success or a failure. 
