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FLORIDA tSTATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
45. Tampa was unanimously chosen 
as the next meeting place. 
46. Secretary’s report read. (See 
page 89.) 
47. Treasurer's report read. (See 
page 90.) 
48. Executive Committee’s report 
presented. (See page 90.) 
49. President Taber made a statement 
as to the terms and conditions under 
which the reduced transportation rate 
was obtained this year. The Jackson¬ 
ville fire compelled the officers to change 
the meeting-place to St. Augustine on 
short notice, and this caused a little con¬ 
fusion. 
50. C. W. Butler stated that the rate 
of one cent a mile had already been 
promised for next year for the Tampa 
meeting. 
51. Treasurer W. S. Hart stated that 
he had received the sum of $42.25 from 
the members for the Jacksonville fire 
sufferers. 
52. Paper on Grafting and Budding, 
by W. S. Hart. (See page 91.) 
53. Discussion of the same. (See 
page 97.) 
54. Resolution presented in favor of 
protection of forests. 
AFTERNOON SESSION. 
Thursday, 2 :oo p. m. 
55. Report of Standing Committee on 
Entomology was presented by the chair¬ 
man, Prof. H. A. Gossard, with illustra¬ 
tions of fumigating tents. (See page 
100.) 
56. Discussion of above. (See page 
io 5 -) 
57. Committee on Forestry reported 
through Major G. R. Fairbanks. (See 
page 107.) 
58. Discussion of above. (See page 
io 9 -) 
59. Standing Committee on Fertiliz¬ 
ers made no report. 
60. Prof. H. E. Stockbridge made 
some remarks on the bogus character 
of “Canada hardwood ashes.” (See 
page no.) 
61. Major Fairbanks had previously 
offered a resolution appealing to the 
Fegislature to protect Florida forests. 
This was now amended to include pro¬ 
tection against the turpentine men, and 
adopted. 
62. Paper on Fertilizers sent in by E. 
D. Putney, but too late to be read. 
63. No report from the Committee on 
Transportation. 
EVENING SESSION. 
Thursday, 7 :oo p. m. 
64. Motion made and carried that this 
session wind up the business. 
65. C. T. McCarty offered a resolu¬ 
tion requesting the Legislature to make 
an appropriation of $2,500 for the State 
Fair. Adopted. 
66. Report of Standing Committee 
on Vegetables was presented by Rev. E. 
V. Blackman, in an individual paper on 
Tomato Culture. (See page 118.) 
67. C. G. White also read an individ¬ 
ual report, a paper on Potato Culture. 
(See page 121.) 
68. Discussion on above papers. 
69. S. Powers read a paper on Dwarf 
Orange Culture. (See page 126.) 
70. Discussion of same. 
71. Committee on Strawberries and 
Miscellaneous Fruits made no report. 
72. Committee on Marketing and 
