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and for the Florida growers, or any other 
growers, who might be interested, to help 
with such sums as they cared to. Since 
then, it looks as though there is a nigger 
in the woodpile somewhere, and I have 
not known just what to do. If the orange 
growers want to raise the sum to send our 
professors there, Dr. Berger and Dr. 
Back, I am ready to contribute my part. 
I take it that if we must look for our help 
in the original home of the whitefly, we 
must do the whole business ourselves. 
Mr. Barber: I would like to say a 
word in regard to the whitefly. This is 
something that affects everybody in Flor¬ 
ida, whether they are orange growers or 
not. There seems to be a difference of 
opinion as to what is the best method to 
get rid of the whitefly. 
I believe the suggestion made a few 
minutes ago is the correct one. I believe 
we should send someone to find out where 
it comes from and what its natural enemy 
is, and when we do find out, bring it 
here. It affects me and every other nurs¬ 
eryman in the State of Florida, and what 
it has done is not half what it is going 
to do. I have been able to keep it out of 
my nursery, so far, but I know that it is 
coming, soon or late. You can’t convince 
people in other states that we have not 
got it in our nurseries and state after 
state has passed laws prohibiting the in¬ 
troduction of our stock into their con¬ 
fines. 
The State of California burned $50.00 
worth of pecan trees for me last winter 
a year ago, because they had passed 
laws of absolute quarantine on all trees 
out of the State of Florida. Now, we 
know that the whitefly would not live on 
a pecan tree, but they burned my trees 
just the same. 
I know everyone here is interested in 
this matter, and we will all do all we can. 
Mr. Wakelin: The question here and 
now is, what are we going to do about it ? 
Did I understand that Dr. Howard is 
the man who is going abroad? 
Prof. Hume: A Mr. Woglum, who 
was recommended by Dr. Howard, 
the one who is going abroad, and I un¬ 
derstand he is to start on his trip about 
the first of July. 
Mr. Temple : It doesn’t do us any good 
to say anything, as the matter has been 
taken out of our hands by Dr. Howard. 
Of course, we can hope that there will be 
some results, although I doubt it. 
Mr. Painter: What must I do with 
the funds? 
Mr.—I move the funds be re¬ 
turned to the senders. 
Mr. Henderson: I would like to ask 
if it would do any good to ask to have 
the men exchanged and instead of send¬ 
ing their man, send a man that we may 
select. It seems to me that we ought to 
have something to say about it. 
Mr. Temple: I move that the secretary 
of the Florida State Horticultural Socie¬ 
ty be instructed to communicate with the 
Department of Agriculture and the prop¬ 
er bureau, suggesting to them the ap¬ 
pointment of Drs, Berger and Back of 
Florida, as men to take up this investi¬ 
gation of the origin and natural enemy 
of the whitefly. ' 
M ( r. Henderson : I second that motion. 
Prof. Hume: It has been moved and 
seconded that the Secretary communicate 
with the proper authorities in Washing- 
