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FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
projects, either public or private. In times 
past the growing of large numbers of 
plants from seeds over large areas by 
many individuals produced many varie¬ 
ties from which the best could be selected 
for perpetuation. The result of educating 
the grower in the use of vegetative means 
of propagation has been of great advan¬ 
tage, but we have lost the opportunity of 
acquiring many new useful varieties. 
It seems to me that the State should, 
as soon as possible, undertake the work of 
breeding and testing new varieties suited 
to the various climatic sections of the 
State. Several experiment stations have 
already undertaken this work, and the re¬ 
sults have been of great worth to their 
state. Certainly Florida, with her unique 
climates, and isolated position, has a great¬ 
er need than any other state. It cannot 
and should not be trusted to individual in¬ 
itiative. 
