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withstanding all the changes in the temperature of the air. This may be 

 explained by the generally known property of vegetable substances, chiefly 

 of wood (and thus particularly of trunks of trees), preserving their proper 

 temperature. Therefore, those vegetable substances are called " bad con- 

 ductors of heat." — Grard. Chron. 



AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



This Society met in Boston, on the 14th inst. We have received only 

 the report of the last two days. As it contains much interesting matter, 

 we give it in full. 



Second Day's Session. — The Society met in the Horticultural Hall, 

 School street, pursuant to adjournment, at 10 o'clock. The first business 

 was the appointment of Committees, as follows : — 



Executive Committee. — The President and Vice Presidents ex officio, 

 William D. Brinckle of Pennsylvania, B. V. French of Massachusetts, 

 J. A. Warder of Ohio, Richard Peters of Georgia, Benjamin Hodge of 

 New York. 



On Foreign Fruits. — C. M. Hovey of Massachusetts, Charles Downing 

 of New York, C. B. Lines of Connecticut, S. L. Goodale of Maine, H. E. 

 Hooker of New York, J. M. Hayes of New Jersey, E. J. Hull of Illinois. 



On Native Fruits. — William D. Brinckle of Pennsylvania, P. Barry of 

 New York, Henry Little of Maine, Robert Manning of Massachusetts, 

 Thomas Hancock of New Jersey, J. B. Eaton of New York, B. F. Cutter 

 of New Hampshire. 



On Synonymes. — J. S. Cabot of Massachusetts, William R. Prince of 

 New York, L. E. Berkman of New Jersey, A. H. Ernst of Ohio, J. J. 

 Thomas of New York, Robert Buist of Pennsylvania, F. R. Elliott of Ohio. 



The President called for the opinion of the Convention on varieties of 

 Pears worthy to be placed in the list of " Pears which promise well." 

 After some interesting discussion, the following varieties were placed in 

 that list : Beurre Clairgeau, Sheldon, a New York seedling ; Epine 

 Dumas, Collins, a seedling from Watertown, and the Adams, exhibited by 

 Hovey & Co. 



The Hampton pear, a seedling from Long Island, was proposed to be 

 placed on the list of varieties which promise well. Mr. Barry, of New 

 York, had known it as the Hagerman. Mr. Earle, of Worcester, said 

 there was a pear extensively cultivated in the easterly part of Connecticut, 



