T. Brothers, Orleans, France, write : " Please say through the Gardeners' Monthly whether the statement in an American catalogue that the Japan chestnut will produce seven nuts in one burr is correct ?"

[The Editor has but one tree of bearing age The fruit does not perfect on this, probably througre some deficiency in pollenization. The larged, specimen under cultivation that we have any knowledge of is on the grounds of Messrs. Parsons & Co. This is 18 feet. In this case the burrs have not been found to yield any more than the common chestnut, that is, three, but sometimes only two or one. - Ed. G. M].