Proceedings of the Twenty-Sixth 
Annual Meeting of the Florida 
State Horticultural Society 
The twenty-sixth annual meeting of 
the Florida State Horticultural Society 
convened in DeLand, April 29, and even 
during the early sessions of the conven¬ 
tion it was believed that we would have 
a record-breaking attendance, and this 
belief was fulfilled later on, when the 
register showed a larger number of 
members in attendance than at any pre¬ 
vious meeting of the Society. 
The sessions of the Society were held 
in the comfortable and commodious op¬ 
era house, and the entertainment and re¬ 
ception committees of the various city 
organizations did everything in their 
power to contribute to the comfort and 
pleasure of the members of the Society, 
and make them feel at home. 
Numerous excursions to nearby points 
of interest, the famous DeLeon Springs, 
the St. Johns River at Beresford, and 
other places were made, and hundreds of 
automobiles were placed at the disposal 
of the members of the Society for drives 
through the beautifully shaded streets of 
the ‘‘Athens of Florida.” 
The President and faculty of the John 
B. Stetson University entertained the 
Society with a musical and dramatic en¬ 
tertainment in the spacious auditorium of 
the University. The Music Department 
of the institution and the Department of 
Dramatic Art contributed largely to the 
pleasure of the guests. 
At this annual meeting the usual num¬ 
ber of interesting papers were read, cov¬ 
ering topics of general interest, and these 
papers brought out in a greater degree 
than heretofore interesting and profitable 
discussions. 
The compilers of this Report have en¬ 
deavored to preserve and reproduce a 
very large portion of these discussions, 
realizing that many valuable points and 
a great deal of information is received 
by the general discussions of the papers, 
we have been careful in the preparation 
of this section. In a large body it is very 
difficult to preserve and to record all of 
the discussions, and the compilers wish to 
explain to the members who may have 
taken part in the various discussions, 
and whose remarks are not recorded in 
the book, that the omission is not on ac- 
