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city very quickly and can never stand storing from one year to 

 another. If it fails to germinate on occasion, it is because the Ita- 

 lians, when there is a good harvest, store it up for some years, 

 I had particularly fine seed in autumn 1907. It germinated 32%, 

 65 % and 81 (+ 19) %, in 10, 20 and 30 days respectively. 



The UMBRELLA PINE SCIADOPITYS VERTICILLATA yields 

 seed which germinates very slowly, in consequence of which it 

 often fails in the nursery; it must be sown very early in a warm 

 bed or in the greenhouse, or be prepared in winter in a warm 

 place and then sown very early in the spring. 



As a rule the seed is good and retains its germinating capacity 

 for a long time. In 1909 10 the germination test proceeded as fol- 

 lows: 17%, 76% and 88%, in 40, 60 and 100 days respectively. 



The handsome THUJOPSIS DOLOBRATA has continually yiel- 

 ded only empty seed. Again and again I have received apparently 

 fine seed from various parts of Japan, always however with the 

 same negative result. The seed is invariably empty. In 1905 06 it 

 germinated 1 per cent, the best result I have had. This species is, 

 therefore, now struck out of my price lists. For the future the only 

 consolation that remains for us is that this fine tree can be fairly 

 easily propagated by means of cuttings or layers. 



