The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-04-17

enth annual meeting of the Florida
State Horticultural Society to be held
in Palatka April 2S, 29, 30, and May
1st, has just been issued by Miss Okle
C. Painter, secretary of the society,
and copies have been sent to all men,
bers. 1t is the consentiate opinion OF
members that the Palatka meeting
will be the largest in point of attend
ance ever held, and glance at the
program will be sufficient to convince
all that the meeting will not lag in
interest.
An unusually interesting program
has been prepared and many well
known speakers will give addresses of
interest to the public, as we'll as to
horticulturists. One Of the most i'm
portant addresses is that of j. Horace
Mcfarland, president of American
Civic Association, of Harrisburg, Pa,
the subject being, What is Good
| Looking Town? Illustrated with
stereopticon views.
| Another most interesting lecture
will be that of F. w. Stanley of the
U. S. Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D. c., who will have a
stereopticon lecture on Irrigation.
On Thursday, April SOth, the
Steamer City of Jacksonville OF the
Clyde Line will give up its regular
trip and has been engaged for excur-
sion purposes. Members of the So
ciety will be guests of the Palatka
board of trade on rides on the beautl-
full St. Johns river and the Palatka
Military band has been engaged to
furnish the music. The program IN
detail is as follows:
Tuesday Opening Session, April 2o,
7:45 p. m.
Parlors of the Putnam House.
Call to order, President H, Harold
Hume.
Opening prayer, Rev. P. @. Cason,
Palatka.
Address of welcome for the city of
Palatka, Mayor S. ]. Kennerly.
Response for the society, Lloyd 5,
Tenney, Orlando.
Address of welcome for the board
of trade, President Geo. B. Selden.
Response for the society, W. 5.
Hart, Hawks Park.
Presidents annual address, II. Har-
old Hume.
Introduction of the question box by
the secretary, Miss Okle c. Painter.
Social hour. =,
Wednesday Morning Session, April
20, 8 a. m.
Howell theater.
Address: Handling the Citrus
Grove from Physiological Point of
View. B. F. Floyd, Gainesville.
Committee report: Method Of Hand
ling Citrus Groves,5C. Fl. Thompson,
Winter Haven; L. B. Skinner, Dune
din; C. M. Griffin, Jacksonville; B. F.,
Floyd, Gainesville; A. B. O'Hara,
Rockledge; Jack Peters, Tavares.
Address: Lining Soils, Its Effect
on Physical, Chemical and Biological
Factors of Plant Growth, R. E. Skin
ner, Dunedin.
Committee report: Orchard Heat
ing, R. E. Stevens, Daytona; c. F..
Snaulding, DeLand; w. J. Ellsworth,
Blanton.
Committee report: Fertilizers, G..
M. Wakelin, Tavares; L. I. Dade. Or
ange City; H. B. Stevens, DeLand. -.
Wednesday Afternoon Session, April
29, 2 p. m.
Howell theater.
Memorial session for Mr.. E. O..
Painter, late secretary of the Florida
State Horticultural Society.
E. O. Painter and Florida Horti-
culture, P. H. Rolls, Gainesville.
E. o. Painter, His Life and His
Work, E. S. Hubbard, Federal Point.
E. 0. Painter and the Fertilizer In
dustry, Capt. R. E. Rose, Tallahassee.
E. o. Painter and the Florida State
Horticultural Society, Rev. j. e.
Glass, Ocala.
Committee report: Vegetables, c.
H. Kennerly, Palatka; J. J. Vernon,
Gainesville; L. LaTrobe Batema1l,
TAMPA; C. s. Bushneii, Arcadia; II.
Il. Tussey, Alva.
Committee report: OrnamentalS,
Mrs Marion A. Meadow, Punta Cor
da; Mrs. P. H. Rolls, Gainesville; DIR,
H. Nehrling, Gotha; E. N. ReaSoner,
Oncco; John Schnabel, Gainesville.
Committee report: Methods of
Packing and Shipping Citrus Fruits,
; +. Poole, Winter Haven; DR.. y.
w. Sadler, Mt. Dora; David Scott,
Arcadia; F. D. Waite, Palmetto. -.
Wednesday Evening Session, April
20, 7:45 p. m.
Address: Shipping Experiments in
Florida, HI. Ramsey, U. S. Bureau
Plant Industry, Washington, D. c.
Address: Organization and Promo
ton of the Florida Growers and Ship
pers' League, L. B. Skinner, Dunedin,
president F. G. S. L.
Address: The Florida Shippers
League, What it Has Accomplished
and What it Expects to Do, Lloyd S.
Tenney, Orlando, secretary manager
The Florida Growers and Shippers
League.
Immediately following this address
the Horticultural Society will adjourn
and there will then be held the annual
business meeting and election of
board of directors for the Florida
Growers and Shippers League. The
incorporation papers are being pre-
pared and it is expected that at this
time steps will be taken to complete
the incorporation of the league.
Thursday Morning Session, April 30,
9 a. m.
Howell theater.
Insects and Diseases, Woolly White
fy. Cottony Cushion Scale and Maugo
Scale, J. R. Watson, Gainesville; Rust
Mite and Its Control, w. w. Yoth-
ers, Orlando; Observations on Insects
and Diseases in the Florida and the
Gulf Cosat Country, E. W. Berger
Gainesville; Pecan Insects, J. B. Gill
Monticello.
Committee report: Neurology E. S
Hubbard.
Committee report: Legislation, NJ
E. Gillett, Tampa; A. H. Brown, Man
avista; G. L. Taber, Glen st. Mary
|. A Stewart, DeLand; o. w. Con
ner, Tangerine; E. H. Mote, Leesburg
Report of the secretary, Miss Okl,