Pine Apple In Florida

A correspondent, who spent last winter in Florida, believes that the Pine apple will escape freezing seven years in ten as far north as Eustis, and can be raised with less trouble than cabbages. A bed once planted will yield for many years.

Forests In Ireland

Ireland was once a vast oak forest. It has been wholly denuded of timber. The climate has not changed. There is as much rain as ever. But it is proposed to re-forest portions for economic through not for climatic reasons. It has been estimated that the cost in that country for seedlings would be from $20 to $25 per acre. For trees requiring holes, $30 to $35 per acre. In about forty years timber fit for use could be cut, and an acre estimated then to be worth $300 per acre.

The Monterey Pine

Pinus insignis does not endure the winters of the Atlantic States, but finds itself at home in the climate of England, where great hopes were entertained that it would be valuable for forestry purposes. It proves soft - I but equal to Scotch Fir.

Larch Disease

Whole plantations of larch in Great Britain and Ireland have been destroyed, presumably by some fungus disease.

Wild Flowers At Racquet Lake, N. Y

A correspondent, while ordering his magazine sent for the summer to Racquet lake, remarks that he knows of no spot " so rich in botanical treasures." As our correspondent is a Jerseyman, where flowers are varied as the stars in numbers, New Yorkers should be proud of this compliment to their little-lake region.

The Pipsissiva

"Mrs. S. T.," Washington, D. C., notes that the young seed vessels of this plant, Chimaphila maculata of botanists, have "the odor of young green peas".

Editorial Compliments

These are often neatly put, though outsiders have reason to regard them suspiciously. One of our contemporaries publishes a letter " not intended for publication," in which the magazine is regarded as "the best horticultural journal in the world;" and the Editor appends a note, no doubt " not intended for publication " either, that his correspondent is " a scholar and a gentleman".

The Sweet Locust

No one would object seriously to a common or English name for plants, if a plant once named would stay named; but it is found by experience that one person feels as much authorized to give a common name as any other, and hence a crop of new names rise every year, that no one can keep track of. In the East they have got to calling the Honey Locust "Sweet Locust" - and only that we have to guess that honey may be sweet, no one could guess what they mean.