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Library Hall, and will continue several days. All 

 Horticultural, Pomological, Agricultural, and other 

 kindred institutions in the United States and Brit- 

 ish Provinces, are invited to send delegations as 

 large as they may deem expedient ; and all other 

 persons interested in the cultivation of fruits are 

 invited to be present and take seats in the Conven- 

 tion. 



"And now that the rainbow of peace has again 

 spanned the arch of our Union ; now that our South- 

 ern brethern, after a painful separation of years, are 

 again to be united with us in full fellowship and 

 communion ; now that our meeting is to be held for 

 the first time on the "Father of Waters," in the 

 Grreat West, — we invite all the States and Territor- 

 ies to be present by delegation, that the amicable 

 and social relations which have heretofore existed 

 between the members of the Society may be fostered 

 and perpetuated, and the result of its deliberations, 

 so beneficial to the country at large, be generally 

 and widely diffused. 



"Among the subjects which will come before the 

 Society, will be that of the Revision of the 

 Society's Catalogue of Fruits. The special Com- 

 mittee appointed for this purpose are now, with the 

 various State and Local Committees, actively en- 

 gaged in collecting such information as will aid in 

 determining what varieties are best adapted to the 

 different sections and districts of our country ; and 

 this information, in the form of reports, will be sub- 

 mitted to the action of the Convention. In compli- 

 ance with a resolution passed at the last session of 

 the Society, the several State Pomological and 

 Horticultural Associations are requested to compile 

 lists for their own States or Districts, and forward 

 them, at as early day as possible, to P. Barry, of 

 Rochester, N. Y., Chairman of the Committee on 

 the Revision of the Catalogue. 



"Members and delegates are requested to contri- 

 bute specimens of fruits of their respective districts, 

 and to communicate in regard to them whatever 

 may aid in promoting the objects of the Society and 

 the science of American Pomology ; nn'l as the fruits 

 of the South and South-West will rliviu have attain- 

 ed their size, it is especially des ra'ule that a grand 

 display from these sections be made. 



"Each contributor is requested to come prepared 

 with a complete list of his collection, and to present 

 the same with his fruits, that a repoitof all the 

 varieties entered may be submitted to the meeting 

 as soon as practicable. ' ' 



"All persons desirous of becoming members can 

 remit the admission fee to Thomas P. James, Esq. , 

 Treasurer, Philadelphia, who will furnish them 



with the Transactions of the Society. Life mem- 

 bership, ten dollars; Biennial, two dollars." 



"Packages of fruits, with the name of the contri- 

 butor, may be addressed as follows ; "American 

 Pomological Society," care of C. M. Saxton, 

 corner Fifth and Walnut Streets, St. Louis, Mo." 



Marshall P. Wilder, President 

 James Yick, Secretary. 



THE GRAND BAZAAE 



In aid of the decoration for the Horticultural 

 Hall, in Philadelphia, will be held on the 29th of 

 May ; and it is believed that nothing so beautiful or 

 attractive, in the shape of a public exhibition, will 

 have been seen in the city since the memorable 

 "Great Sanitary Fair. " Horticulture is determined 

 to do itself credit as one of the active powers of 

 Pennsylvania. The Hall itself is a source of great 

 pride to Philadelphia, as the following extract from 

 an editorial in the North American will show ; and the 

 Horticultural Society seems to have determined that 

 the Fair shall do credit to the Hall. We hope all 

 horticulturists will contribute liberally towards it. 

 The following is the extract referred to : 



"The GirardFire Insurance Company, Mechanics, 

 Fire Insurance Company, Fire Association, First 

 National Bank, Bank of the Republic, National 

 Exchange Bank, Seventh National Bank, Horticul- 

 tural Society, and other public institutions, have 

 just housed themselves in new and handsome quar- 

 ters, which are quite creditable to the enterprise of 

 the aity. The Fidelity Safe Deposit Company, 

 Academy of the Natural Sciences, Mercantile Li- 

 brary, the Sixth National Bank and the Corn Ex- 

 change Company are about to follow suit, by erect- 

 ing new edifices for themselves at considerable cost. 

 We hear talk, also, of other corporate changes, 

 which, however, are as yet indefinite. Some of the 

 new structures are among the largest in Philadel- 

 phia. The Horticultural Hall certainly is so ; and 

 though only costing (for the edifice) $90,000, will 

 long be regarded as among our finest public build- 

 ings. It is a fit companion for the Academy of 

 Music, by the side of which it stands." 



PENNSYLVANIA HORT. SOCIETY. 



The April meeting, — the last to be held in the 

 Old Hall, — was densely packed by ladies and gen- 

 tlemen ; so much so that it was with difficulty we 

 could move about through the living mass. The 

 articles on exhibition, also, were so numerous that 

 room could not be found for them, and many things 

 had to be set on the floor, in holes and corners, 



