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done me the honor to devolve upon me the privilege of calling the attention 

 of gentlemen, distinguished for zeal and research in our pursuits, to the pro- 

 posed convention. 



The great objects of the convention, apart from general discussion, are 

 to identify synonymes, to correct errors in the names of our fruits, and to es- 

 tablish an uniform nomenclature. It is very desirable that specimens of all 

 new seedlings should be produced. We have reason to anticipate a very 

 full attendance, and the sessions of the convention will probably be contin- 

 ued through the fair. 



It gives me great pleasure to invite you specially to add to the interest of 

 this novel assemblage, by your presence, and participation, and, in behalf of 

 all the members of our Horticultural Society, as well as for myself, I as- 

 sure you that it will yield us the sincerest pleasure to extend to you and to 

 your friends, all the attentions in our power to bestow ; and I respectfully 

 request you to extend this invitation and assurance to any gentlemen of sim- 

 ilar taste, in your vicinity, who, through my want of a more extended ac- 

 quaintance with the votaries of Pomona, may possibly be overlooked. 

 — With high respect, your obedient servant, W. R. Coppock, President Buffalo 

 Horticultural Society. Buffalo, May 3, 1848. 



N. B. Gentlemen arriving, are requested to inquire for Prof. Coppock, 

 at the American Hotel Reading Rooms, between the hours of 9 and 10 

 o'clock in the forenoon. 



Since the New York State Society has decided upon a convention, and 

 given notice in all theagricultural journals, of the time of meeting, some in- 

 dividuals have proposed to hold another at New York, in October, probably 

 with a view to carry out their own designs, knowing that, at Buffalo, they 

 would have but little influence ; the State Society being determined to act 

 in an impartial manner, as it has already done in regard to the pomological 

 rules lately passed at their meeting at Albany. We trust that all pomolo- 

 gists will discountenance this attempt to divide the interests of cultivators, 

 and that the polite invitation of Prof. Coppock in behalf of the Buffalo 

 Horticultural Society, will be very generally accepted. — Ed. 



Art. II. Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



Saturday, June 3d, 1848. — An adjourned meeting of the Society was 

 held to-day, — the President in the chair. 



[The account of this meeting not having been received in season for this 

 number, it will appear in our next.] 



Exhibited. — Flowers : From the President of the Society, two new 

 varieties of Tree pasonies, phcenicea plena and rosa sup^rba, hardy azaleas, 

 spiraeas, &c. From M. Tidd, Woburn, a seedling Epiphyllum raised from 

 E. Aclcermanu and C^reus speciosissimus, a large line flower. From J. 

 Quant, six plants in pots. From Messrs. Winships, hawthorns, azaleas, 

 psonies, and a great variety of other cut flowers. 



