FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
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“Orange Culture as an Investment for Capital.” Most of 
us were begifmers who had just finished planting our first 
fiye acres. A report of this meeting was issued from the 
press of the old “Florida Agriculturist,” then published in 
this city and edited by Col. Codrington. Among the names 
of those who participated in the proceedings, names that 
have a place in the history of our state, are H. S. Sanford, P„ 
P. Bishop, A. S. Baldwin, Columbus Drew, J. S. Adams, 
Harrison Heed, H. L. Hart, E. K. Foster, and “Concussion’" 
Hardee of “Honeymoon.” 
With the passing of the speculative period in orange cul¬ 
ture, interest in the Fruit Growers’ Association waned, and 
it gradually fell into innocuous desuetude. 
This brings us to the practical horticulture of the present. 
In 1886 we organized the Florida Nurseryman’s Association. 
The interest in the meetings of this association was so gen¬ 
eral that it was determined to widen its scope. In 1887 the 
Florida Nurseryman’s Association issued an invitation to the 
horticulturists of the state to join in the formation of a state 
horticultural society. This was accomplished in 1888 by 
the joint action of the Florida Nurseryman’s Association, 
members of the old Fruit Growers’ Association and other 
horticulturists. In 1889 the Florida State Horticultural 
Societv entertained the 22d biennial session of the American 
Pomological Society at Ocala. In 1892 we began the reg¬ 
ular publication of our proceedings, including stenogiaphic 
reports of the discussions. We are about to take up the 
work of cataloguing our fruits. In the words of President 
Adams, “the State Horticultural Society has steadily grown 
in numbers, influence and usefulness, till at the age of seven 
years it is the peer of similar societies in any state in the 
Union.” 
Meanwhile, what has been going on across the Gulf? In 
1886 the North Texas Horticultural Sotiety^ and the Pilot 
Point Horticultural Society joined the Central Texas Hor¬ 
ticultural Society, upon the invitation of the latter, in organ¬ 
izing the Texas State Horticultural Society. In 1889 this 
society began the publication of its proceedings. In 1890 
it announced that the ninth regular meeting of the American 
Horticultural Society would be held in Texas. The society 
has grown to be a large and influential body like our own, 
and at its next annual meeting will undertake the cat¬ 
aloguing of the fruits of Texas. 
Throughout the country wherever fruit growing has be¬ 
come an industry of importance, the state horticultural so¬ 
cieties have compiled catalogues of the fruits grown, show¬ 
ing by their arrangement and marking the relative adapta- 
