Pine From The Arctic Region

Among the interesting souvenirs of the De Long Arctic Expedition, are some pine cones, which do not seem to be of the known American species. They have been placed in the hands of Mr. Josiah Hoopes, author of the Book of Evergreens, for determination.

Formic Acid And Honey

Honey, according to A. Vogel, says the Scientific American, contains on an average one per cent. of formic acid. Observing that crude honey keeps better than that which has been clarified, E. Mylius has tried the addition of formic acid, and found that it prevents fermentation without impairing the flavor of the honey.

City Smoke

Smoke will soon be at a premium. From 2,800,000 cubic feet of smoke given out by say 1,000 cords of wood, 12,000 pounds of acetate of lime, 200 gallons of alcohol, and 25 pounds of tar may be obtained.

Migrations Of Birds

An Illinois friend says: "I take great interest in everything touching the habits of small birds. I have no doubt the food question has much to do with their migrations. The robins left us very early last fall, owing to the fruit and late berry crop being a failure."

A Pleasant Note From A Young Gardener

A correspondent says : " I do wish that some of our older plant and fruit growers would favor us occasionally with notes of their experience. It would prove of great benefit to all young gardeners, myself included, as I am not yet thirty, and feel I have much to learn from persons older than I am."

Amateurs And Florists

In future there will be two classes of exhibitors in the New York Horticultural Society. Those who grow plants or flowers for sale will not compete with those who grow for pleasure merely.

Two Fine New Bedding Plants

Mr. H. A. Dreer sends us two new plants, Coleus "Progress," and "Gynura aurantiaca." The latter has been well praised in Europe as a bedding plant, and from the looks of this specimen we think it well deserves all the good things said of it in the old world.

Rosa Polyantha

The chapter on this rose by our correspondent from Louisville, Mr. E. Hib-bard, has been translated into French, and appears in the January number of the Journal des Roses.

Rose Jean Liabaud

In correcting proof of a correspondent's article, we were taken to task for changing the n for a u. We now note from the Journal des Roses that the name is as we guessed - Liabaud, not Liaband.

Euonymns Radicans

You have, more than once, called attention to the usefulness of this evergreen for covering walls. We have it here, and I like it much for covering boulders in the rockery and the like; but with us, at any rate, it does not grow enough for an effectual wall vine. It is quite hardy and a pretty evergreen.