196 THE MAGAZINE OF HORTICULTURE. 



Sloiitljlij Gossip. 



The American Pomological Society — Sixth Session. — The next 

 biennial meeting of this National Association will be held in Rochester, N. 

 Y., on Wednesday, the 24th of September next. 



It has not been without some labor that the President and Executive 

 Committee have decided upon the time above fixed. In consequence of the 

 great number of exhibitions of influential agricultural and horticultural 

 societies, which are to be holden the last of September and beginning of 

 October, it was impossible to arrange the time to suit the convenience of all ; 

 and, after consultation with various societies and individuals, the 24th of 

 September was thought that whi-^h would best meet the wishes of the greatest 

 number of members. The first week in October would conflict with the 

 Exhibition of the N. Y. State Agricultural Society ; the second week, with 

 the National Agricultural Society, at Philadelphia; and although the time 

 appointed interferes with the Exhibition of the Ohio State Agricultural So- 

 ciety, if that association cannot attend the meeting, we trust it will not pre- 

 vent our Western friends from being present, meeting for the first time, as 

 the Society does, halfway, for the especial accommodation of pomologists, 

 both East and West. The President, Col. Wilder, has issued a circular, 

 calling the meeting, only a portion of which we can find space to insert: — 



" In conformity with a resolution passed at the last meeting of this Na- 

 tional Association, the Sixth Session will be held in Corinthian Hall, in 

 the city of Rochester, N. Y., commencing on Wednesday, the twenty-fourth 

 day of September next, at 10 o'clock, A. M., and will continue several days. 



All Pomological, Horticultural, Agricultural, and other kindred associa- 

 tions of the United States, and of the British Provinces, are requested to 

 send such number of delegates as they may deem expedient ; and nursery- 

 men, and all other persons interested in the cultivation of fruit, are invited 

 to be present, and to participate in the deliberations of the Convention. 



Packages of fruits and communications may be addressed as follows : 

 ' For the American Pomological Society, care of W. A. Reynolds. Esq., 

 Chairman Committee of Arrangements, Rochester, N. Y.' 



Delegations will please forward certificates of their appointment, either 

 to the above, or to Marshall P. Wilder, Boston." 



The Whet-Saw Bird. — Mr. Editor, I noticed in the last number of 

 your Magazine of Horticulture, p. 143, an inquiry from a correspondent, 

 who wishes to know if any one can give him certain information concerning 

 the bird called the Saw-Whetter, and tell him whether it be identical with 

 the Evening Grosbeak. In answer, I would say, the singular note of the 

 Whet-Saw does not proceed from the throat of the beautiful Evening Gros- 

 beak, but from the lively grotesque little fellow, well known as the Acadian 

 Owl! This peculiar note, that strikes upon the ear like the filing of a mill 

 saw, is not uttered when its angry passions are aroused, but is produced by 



