Minutes of Meeting of Executive Committee 
The Executive Committee of the 
Florida State Horticultural Society met 
in the office of the Secretary on Thurs¬ 
day, February 6th, with the following 
piesent: 
H. H. Hume, 
G. L. Taber, 
P. H. Rolfs, 
H. B. Stevens, 
E. S. Hubbard, 
E. O. Painter. 
It was moved by Mr. Taber that the 
President be authorized to invite Prof. 
F. A.' Waugh, of Ithaca, N. Y., for 
an address at the DeLand meeting, also 
Mr. David Fairchild of Washington, 
D. C., and to authorize expenses nec¬ 
essary. Carried. 
The Secretary made a report showing 
that the Society had reached the 1,000 
mark; in fact, has 1,003 members on its 
list. 
Moved by Mr. Hubbard that President 
Hume, Professor Rolfs and Secretary 
Painter prepare the program for the 
next meeting. 
Moved by Professor Rolfs that the 
next meeting be held on April 29th if 
satisfactory rates could be made with the 
railroads; if not, on the 6th of May. 
Carried. 
Moved that the DeLand committee be 
named by Mr. H. B. Stevens. 
Moved that the meeting commence 
Tuesday night, last through Wednesday, 
Thursday and Friday morning. 
Moved that the President be instructed 
to write to Mr. L. B. Skinner in regard 
to expenses on his trip to Washington 
as a representative of the Society. 
Moved and seconded by the Execu¬ 
tive Committee assembled that the bill 
of the Audubon Society to have the rob¬ 
ins placed on the protected list be hearti¬ 
ly endorsed. 
On motion of Professor Hume and 
seconded by Professor Rolfs, the follow¬ 
ing resolutions were adopted: 
RESOLUTIONS RELATING TO THE TARIFF 
ON ORANGES AND GRAPEFRUIT. 
Whereas , the principal fruit industry 
of Florida is the growing of oranges and 
grapefruit for American markets, and 
Whereas, these fruits are the only 
crops which can be produced with a 
chance of profit on many of our soils, 
and 
Whereas , the citrus industry of the 
State is only now recovering from the 
set-backs of former years, and 
Whereas , the scale of wages commonly 
paid for labor is from four to six times 
as great as the scale in force in Southern 
European countries and the cost of 
transportation so much less than these 
fruits can be produced and landed in our 
