FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
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SYNOPSIS OF PROCEEDINGS. 
(While the proceedings are not given in full detail below, 
this abstract is a complete epitome of the meeting, all its 
actions and events being arranged in order as they occurred. 
The addresses, papers, discussions, resolutions and other 
matters of general interest or speeial importance, are given 
in full under appropriate topical heads in the body of the re¬ 
port, and are simply noted here. Minor action and events 
and matters pertaining to routine business, are given in a 
more or less condensed form in this outline. Discussions 
on other subjects than horticulture, not resulting in action, 
and motions which failed, have been omitted, with or without 
mention, as their importance seemed to justify.) 
FIRST RAY—Afternoon—Opening- Session. 
1. Call to order by President Adams. 
2. Prayer, Rev. Dr. E. B. Snyder, Jacksonville. 
3. Address of welcome, Hon. D. U. Fletcher, mayor. 
4. Response on behalf of the society, C. F. A. Bielby. 
5. President’s annual address. 
6. Secretary’s report. 
T. Treasurer’s report. 
8. Motion that all member’s tickets be countersigned by 
the secretary as requested by transportation lines, carried 
unanimously. 
Evening Session. 
9. Call to order by the president. 
10. Report of the Executive Committee. Several by-laws 
and an amendment to the constitution submitted and recom¬ 
mended by way of report. Discussed and laid upon the table. 
11. Committee on Grapes called. Paper by A. W. Stew¬ 
art, and paper by himself read by Chairman Geo. H. Wright. 
Discussion on grapes. 
12. Committee'on Figs called. No report. 
13. Committee on Tropical Fruits called. No report. 
By request of the president, Thomas E. Richards addressed 
the society on the subject of pineapples. Discussion on pine¬ 
apples. 
