The past season, when my chestnut tree was in full bloom, I got branches with the early male flowers, from other bearing trees, a mile or more away, and hung them up all over my tree. There was a fine show of burrs, and I got two nice chestnuts; and I think one or two others dropped that I did not get. The rest of the burrs had no fruit in them, and mostly fell off before the time of fruit ripening. I now, however, have much doubt about the theory of the chestnut not perfecting fruit unless fertilized with pollen from another tree; though my experience so far points that way. But on the contrary, I have learned of a tree in Knightstown, Indiana, six miles from my place, which has borne fruit for several years, being an older and larger tree than mine. And there is no other chestnut tree nearer than half a mile, at least large enough to flower. One year the owner got one gallon of nuts; this year, not so many. I propose to leave mine alone next season, and note the result. Carthage, Ind.

[Where there are individual trees, at long distances from each other, observers have excellent opportunities of settling these disputed questions. The belief of the editor is that fertilization in the chestnut is effected by the second crop of male flowers which come out at the end of the raceme that bears the "burrs." He regards the first crop of male flowers as an utter waste, so far as any good to any chestnut tree is concerned, though of great value in the general economy of nature; and it was in objection to his view that some one raised the question that the use of the first crop of male flowers "might be" to fertilize the flowers of other trees. In other words, it was " an arrangement for cross-fertilization." - Ed. G. M].