Permit me to send you three seeds of some Coniferous plants, and also part of the cone, for your inspection. About a month back I ad seven seeds given me by a Mr. Brown, who has had the cone in his possession upwards of nine years, and previous to that it formed an ornament for many years in a gentleman's hall in Yorkshire. It is probably forty years since it was gathered from the tree. About three weeks ago, I sowed seven seeds in a small pot, in a mixture of loam, peat, and sand, but, previous to sowing them, I cut a notch through the shell of each seed. They have all vegetated, and were potted off to-day in small and thumb pots. I always cut the rind of all the thick skinned seeds I may save to sow. - Edwin Pancourt. [The seeds and cone are those of Pinus Pinea, the Stone Pine. - London Florist].

* This matter not being needed for growth in the formation of wood, was forced out through the pores of the leaves by the ascending sap, and not evaporating speedily, was left on the surface.