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fore, desirable that every State and Territory of the Uniou should 

 be represented in this convention, so that the advantages result- 

 ing from this meeting may be generally and widely diffused. 

 Held, as it will be, at a convenient point between the Eastern 

 States and the Western, easily accessible from the South, and 

 also from the Canadas, it is anticipated that the attendance will 

 be larger than on any former occasion, and the beneficial results 

 to the American farmer and gardener proportionately increased. 



All Pomological, Horticultural, Agricultural, and other kindred 

 associations of the United States, and of the British Provinces, 

 are requested to send such number of delegates as they may deem 

 expedient ; and nurserymen, and all other persons interested in 

 the cultivation of fruit, are invited to be present, and to partici- 

 pate in the deliberations of the convention. 



In order to increase as much as possible the utility of the oc- 

 casion, and to facilitate business, members and delegates are 

 requested to forward specimens of fruits grown in their respective 

 districts, and esteemed worthy of notice ; also, papers descrip- 

 tive of their mode of cultivation — of diseases and insects injuri- 

 ous to vegetation — of remedies for the same, and also to 

 communicate whatever may aid in promoting the objects of the 

 meeting. Each contributor is requested to make out a complete 

 list of his specimens, and present the same with his fruits, that 

 a report of all the varieties entered may be submitted to the 

 meeting as soon as practicable after its organization. 



Packages of fruits and communications may be addressed as 

 follows : — " For the American Pomological Society, care of W. 

 A. Reynolds, Esq., Chairman Com. of Arrangements, Rochester, 

 N. Y.» 



Delegations will please forward certificates of their appoint- 

 ments, either to the above, or to the undersigned at Boston. 



Gentlemen desirous of becoming members of the Society, and 

 of receiving its Transactions, may do so by remitting to the 

 Treasurer, Thomas P. James, Esq., Philadelphia, Penn., the admis- 

 sion fee of two dollars, for biennial, or twenty dollars for life mem- 

 bership. 



MARSHAL P. WILDER, President. 

 H. W. S. CLEVELAND, Secretary. 

 Boston, Mass., March 15, 1856. 



