The annual meeting was held at Fort Valley, in the last week of July. Mr. J. H. Parnell, the Peach King of the South, Dr. Hape, Dr. Brown, Dr. Cary, Col. Geo. W. Waring, the Bishop of Florida, Messrs. T. L. Kinsey, Samuel H. Rumph, and P. J. Berckmans, President, were among the Southern pomological celebrities in attendance. President Berckmans' annual address is to be published in full by the Society. We hear much of our insect enemies, but on this occasion, Prof. Willett, of Mercer University, discoursed on our insect friends. A strong point was made by Mr. Berckmans, that horticulturists should not be men of business merely, but should be educators in the higher branches of intelligence, if they would have their profession stand well before the world. A watermelon on exhibition weighed 66 1/2 pounds. Among the pleasing incidents of a personal character, was the presentation of an immense ornamented cake to Mr. Berckmans, by the citizens of Valley Fort. Another pleasant feature was the great interest taken by all the best people of the town in the success of the Society; and a local Horticultural Society will likely be the outgrowth of the State Horticultural Society. Mrs. W. E. Brown has one of the prettiest gardens in Georgia at Fort Valley.