In the notice of "Some Native Orchids " in the April issue of the Garden Cypripedium arietinum is spoken of as not having been reported in New England south of Vermont. In the report of the Connecticut Board of Agriculture for 1885, there is a list of wild plants growing in Connecticut, by James M. Bishop of Plainville, and C. arietinum is given as found at North Haven, and I have found it also in Cornwall, Litchfahl county, 50 miles distant. Another correspondent askes if anyone has cultivated the little " Di-centra Squirrel Corn." I transplanted it when in blossom to my garden, and it flourished for many years, till choked out by more vigorous plants. - T. S. Gold, Conn.

Many Pears may be picked even a month or more before they are ripe, and if they are well handled in a dry room they will be ready for market two weeks in advance of the regular crop. Some growers pick a part of the crop from the trees in this manner, and allow the remainder to hang. In this way a succession is secured.