Proceedings of the Twenty-third 
Annual Meeting of the Florida 
State Horticultural Society 
For the Twenty-third time, The Flor¬ 
ida State Horticultural Society assembled 
in annual convention, at the Gem City of 
Orlando, with headquarters at the San 
Juan Hotel. 
Orlando has entertained the Horticul¬ 
tural Society on two other occasions and 
this time the good people showed 
themselves no less hospitable and endeav¬ 
ored to make the Horticulturalists feel 
thoroughly at home and gave them such 
entertainment as the program and time 
allotted would allow. The special fea¬ 
ture of the entertainment was the auto¬ 
mobile ride in and around Orlando 
through the country to Winter Park and 
Maitland. 
The drive on the hard surfaced road 
between magnificent oaks and alongside 
of large orange groves was a very enjoy¬ 
able one. 
The party surprised Mr. W. C. Tem¬ 
ple at his Alabama Grove, but he was 
equal to the occasion and had the 
pleasure of showing some of the leading 
Horticulturists in the country a growth 
on Trifoliate stock that was even a sur¬ 
prise to the nurserymen who furnished 
it. The visit to the Winter Park 
packing house, which is said to be the 
largest in the world was of special interest 
in view of the fact that some of the 
methods for handling and washing fruit 
were entirely new in Florida. 
The visit to Rollins college where the 
members were heartily received by Prof. 
Blackman and his good wife was among 
the bright spots of the day. After a long 
ride and a walk through the packing house 
the cooling refreshments handed out by 
the young ladies of the college were very 
acceptable and heartily enjoyed by all. 
Many of the members had heard of Rol¬ 
lins college, but never knew before of the 
extent of its grounds, its numerous beau¬ 
tiful buildings and splendid equipment. 
All the members joined in hearty thanks 
to the president, faculty and the students 
for the very enjoyable hour spent within 
the walls of the college grounds. 
The regular routine of the meeting was 
carried through without very much 
change from the program. One of the 
very important things that took place at 
