Your cone is from Pinus tuberculata. It was first discovered by Dr. Coulter in your neighborhood, South of Monterey, in latitude 86°, near the level of the sea, and growing almost close to the beach, intermixed with Pinus radiata. It is a tree of slow growth, and seldom attains more than twenty-five or thirty feet in height, with a trunk eight or ten inches in diameter. It is as hardy as Pinus insignis; leaves in threes, thickly set on the branches, bright green, rather stiff, with an elevated rib running along the middle on the inner side.

J. Jay Smith, Esq., - Will you give by mail, or through the medium of " Horticulturist" a select list of plants, shrubs, roses, etc.. best suited for stocking a small parlor greenhouse; say twelve by seventeen feet, partially heated by the furnace which warms the dwelling; and say how many of each would give a full show of flowers for winter.

We are not particular in such matters down in this part of the world, and have no one to apply to personally who can enlighten us by practical experience. My object is to save time and money by procuring only such things as are best of their kinds, and each in proper proportion for beautifying the greenhouse in winter. Many of the lists published in the Horticulturist are too extensive, and how to select from them is the difficulty with us here.

Fredericksburg, Va. An Old Subscriber.

We do not think any of the following could bo spared in a house twelve by seventeen: Two Calla Ethiopica; 1 Lantana crucea; 1 Lantana delicatissima; 2 Poinsettia pulcherrima; I Euphorbia jacquiniflora; 1 Abutilon striatum; 1 Mahonia odorata; 1 Laurustinus; 2 Stevia serrata; 2 Bouvardia leiantha; 1 Cestrum aurantiacum; 2 Habrothamus elegans; 1 Polygala cordifolia; 1 Genista racemosus; 1 Chorozema varia; 1 Pentas carnea; 1 Kennedya mono-phylla; 1 Jasminum revolutum; 1 Begonia incarnata; 1 Bignonia capensis; 1 Aphelandra Ghiesbrechtii; 1 Olea fagrans; 1 Azalea indica alba; 1 Azalea indica purpurea; 1 Acacia linearis; 2 Double white camellias; 1 imbricate camellias; 1 Epihyllum truncatum; with a few Scarlet Geraniums, Scarlet Verbenas, Chinese Primroses, Heliotropes, Roseleaf Geraniums, and Neapolitan Violets. Deutzia gracilis, Jasminum nudiflorum, and Dielytra spectabilis, though hardy, will be useful; and a few good Roses will not, of course, be overlooked.