Mr. S. B. Higgins, of Gordon, Nebraska, sends us specimens for name, of a pine, native to that locality, which proves to be this species. We gave him the name, and he inquires, "Is the Pinus ponderosa hardy, and does it succeed in other localities besides where it is indigenous?"

The normal or originally described form of Pinus ponderosa does not do well under culture in the East. It loses its lower leaves and branches very early, through the operation of the Pine-leaf fungus, and soon has a look of the shabby-genteel. This form, variety scopulorum, does, however, remarkably well, and deserves a wider introduction. Mr. Douglas has done much to bring it into note, but much more is needed. Its merits are so far beyond that of the original ponderosa as an ornamental plant, that great care should be exercised in avoiding confusion. It would be far better to drop altogether the name, ponderosa, when writing about it, and to use only Pinus scopulorum, leaving to the critical botanist the filling in of ponderosa, when critically treating of the science.