FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
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500 pounds horn shavings. 
500 “ kainit. 
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500 “ blood and bone. 
500 “ acid phosphate. 
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It is not far behind the other in analysis, but what a differ¬ 
ence there would be in results on a grove or garden. 
Cheap and cheat should go together, for if the grower is get* 
ting cheap goods, either the seller or buyer is getting cheated, 
and which do you think it is likely to be ? Fertilizing mate¬ 
rials have a certain value, governed by supply and demand, 
and I would advise a grower to go slow in buying cheap 
goods; always buy on the unit of plant food, taking into ac¬ 
count its source, and you will be more apt to get full value. 
No one ever said anything truer than our friend, Rev. Mr. 
Phelps, when he said that the time was coming when the grow¬ 
ers would feed their fruit trees to make flavor and quality,, 
and this can only be done by judiciously using high grade 
goods. 
Discussion on Fertilizers. 
James Mott—A good many of the fertilizers used in this: 
state are frauds. I have seen orange groves that looked to 
me as though they would have been better off without it. I 
have a friend in Polk county; not long since I was there and 
