Mr. Wm. Fowler, Clifton Park, Baltimore, writes: "I send you by mail two cones of Cedrus Libani. We have two trees here which have borne seed for the first time last year. Will you please inform me it it is common for them to bear seed in this country ?"

[Cones have been produced by the trees in Laurel Hill Cemetery, and other places in America, but we have never seen such fine ones as these, quite as large as any we have seen from the Old World.

By the way, it is surprising that this famous and beautiful cedar is so rare in collections. Like most coniferae it loves protection from frosty winds when young, but when a few years old will take care of itself as well as most trees. - Ed.G.M].