FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
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-sufficiently early in the society’s calendar to complete a re¬ 
port for this meeting. Considerable progress has, however, 
been made. A plan has been laid out, the preliminary lists 
prepared, and the work of “marking up” is well under way. 
Had the committee been able to finish the report in time 
for this meeting, it would not have been practicable to pre¬ 
sent the draft of catalogue to the society until the tables 
could have been printed for the convenience of members in 
discussing the report. In fact, to give opportunity for due 
consideration, a printed copy should be sent to each member 
in advance of the meeting at which the subject is taken up. 
In view of these facts vour committee has thought best to 
suggest that the time for its report be extended until the next 
annual meeting. 
After the reading of the above report, the following res¬ 
olution was unanimously passed: 
That the committee be given until the next annual meeting 
to complete its report; and 
That the word “special” be stricken from the title of this 
committee, and the word “standing” be substituted therefor, 
constituting the Committee on Catalogue, one of the regular 
standing committees of this society. 
Florida and Texas. 
The Texas State Horticultural Society Invited to Joint Session. 
BY A. H. MANVILLE. 
The southern boundary of the United States describes a 
sort of ogee, with short curve around the Gulf, and long 
curve up the Mexican line and Pacific coast. This line is 
nearly 3,000 miles long from point to point, and within 150 
miles of it lie the sub tropical regions of this country. But, 
unfortunately for our figure, this strip is not sub-tropical 
throughout its entire length. When we apply this test our 
ogee falls in two in the middle. The sub-tropical region 
which follows down the Pacific coast and passes the head of 
the Gulf of California does not reach the New Mexican line, 
and the sub tropical region that follows the Gulf from the 
Keys to Mexico, stops short at the plains of Western Texas. 
Separated by the arid table lands and elevated regions of 
