Under the title of "Die Douglas Fichte " Mr. John Booth, of the Flottbcck 

 Nurserie'3, has jjubHshed an account of the Douglas Fir, and other Firs of 

 North-west America. The species particularly alluded to with reference to 

 theirintroduction to Germany are^iiesDoMf/Zasii, A. Nordmanniana,IAbocednis 

 djcurrens, Cupressus Lawsoniana, and Sequoia [Wellingtonia) girjantta. Photo- 

 graphs of these are given, and brief details of the size and appearance of the 

 trees in their native countries, as also when cultivated. 



The Berliner Monafsschrift for June contains a plate of the fine old Weymouth 

 Pine existing in the Royal Gardens at Berlin. It is about 70 feet high, and 

 nearly 10 feet in girth at 2 feet above the ground. The tree is of irregular but 

 picturesque growth, and it has already suffered from the effects of high winds. 

 Nothing certain is known as to its age, though it is probable it was planted 

 soon after its introduction into Europe. Unfortunately this interesting tree 

 begins to show signs of decay, and for that reason the editors of the journal 

 in question have hastened to secure its portrait. — Gardener's Clironicle. 



Tree Planting in Algekia. — For some years past the colonists, encouraged 

 by high prices and the success obtained by the great companies, have begun 

 to make plantations of trees, amongst which the Eucalyptus predominates. To 

 give still further encouragement, the Government has proposed that plantations 

 should be made in every commune, and it will share the expense. From an 

 inqviiry lately held by the Socicle de GUmatologie of Algeria, it results that 

 wherever the Eucalyptus has been planted to a large extent the intermittent 

 fevers, so common in the marshy districts, have diminished in frequency and 

 intensity. 



TuE German Forests. — If the accounts we hear of the change in the climate 

 of Germany during the last fifty years be true, it cannot be on account of the 

 disappearance of the forests. The Department of Agriculture says : — " In the 

 distribution of the kinds of wood the pine and fi.r are found in the south of 

 Germany, oak and beech in the west and south-west, and the Scotch jBr in the 

 north and north-east, while Central Germany, to a greater or less degree, con- 

 tains all these varieties. Since 1831 the forest area of Prussia has diminished 

 about 5 per cent. ; in most of the other German states a barely appreciable 

 diminution has taken place, while there has been a steady increase in Bavaria, 

 Baden, and Saxony. On the whole, Germany has wood enough to meet 

 domestic demand for many years to come." 



The CoLORApo Beetle in Scotland. — A small box similar to those in which 

 vestas are sold in this country, and bearing the post-mark of a town in Canada, 

 arrived at the Macduff Post Office last week. The box (says the Bai/ffshire 

 Journal) was addressed to an individual in the Macduff district. It was a 

 little open, and the postmaster saw an insect in it which he was able to identify 



