This body had a very successful meeting at Lancaster. Judge Stitzel of Reading, who had been re-elected President for several successive terms, declined a re-election, from, as he expressed it, no lack of continued interest in the welfare of the Society, but from the pressure of advancing years and other public interests. Mr. Calvin Cooper a highly intelligent and active gentleman of Lancaster county, was elected to succeed him. The Society does not intend to relax in the slightest degree, its interest in the successful and profitable culture of fruits, but recognizes its mission as a promoter of intelligent Horticulture in all its branches. Cyrus D. Fox of Reading, Edwin Satterthwait of Jenkintown, H. M. Engle of Marietta, and other fruit growers gave great value to the deliberations by freely communicating the results of their successful experiences; while William Moon, Josiah Hoopes, and other well-known lovers of general Horticulture, took care of other departments. In the evening of the last day some three hundred persons were in attendance, largely of the ladies and gentlemen of Lancaster, and the influence for good of the whole meeting is no doubt widely spread.