8o Forestry Qiiarterly. 



Two hundred bushels of cones were collected, they yielded 375 

 pounds of seed, or nearly 2 pounds of seed per bushel of cones ; 

 as there are about 120,000 seeds to a pound, in all 45,000,000 

 seeds were obtained. Fifty-eight bushels were collected by day 

 labor at an average cost of $.87 ; 142 bushels were collected, pay- 

 ment being made by the bushel, at an average cost of $.75, giving 

 an average cost for the 200 bushels of $.78. 



The expense of cartage and drying of the cones and extraction 

 of the seeds brought the final cost up to $1.78 per bushel, or $.95 

 per pound of seed. This is remarkably cheap, the price quoted 

 by a large seed dealer being $3.00 per pound. 



The results of an experimental planting made by the U. S. 

 Division of Forestry in 1890 on the sandhills of Nebraska seems 

 to have proved, that the Banksian Pine, Phi7cs divaricata , is one 

 of the best adapted species for planting in arid conditions. 



The Forestry Quarterly is in position to direct zxiy intending 

 purchasers of seed of this species to a reliable source of supply at 

 reasonal)le prices. 



