. The testing of forest seeds during 25 years, 1887-1912 . I am not yet clear if the seed is reallyso slow^ in germina-ting, or whether it is mostly ^f bad quality. The best result I haveobtained w^as in the year 1910—11 and w^as as follows: 30 days0 o/o, 40 days 20 o/o, 60 days 43 o/o, 100 days 49 o/^,; most of the othertests have had a much w^orse result. WESTERN HEMLOCK — TSUGA MERTENSIANA. In the caseof this handsome and valuable species germination proceeds muchbetter, and the seed does not lose its germinating capacity so veryquickly. Germination in per cent after 10 20 30 40 days 1908—0
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. The testing of forest seeds during 25 years, 1887-1912 . I am not yet clear if the seed is reallyso slow^ in germina-ting, or whether it is mostly ^f bad quality. The best result I haveobtained w^as in the year 1910—11 and w^as as follows: 30 days0 o/o, 40 days 20 o/o, 60 days 43 o/o, 100 days 49 o/^, ; most of the othertests have had a much w^orse result. WESTERN HEMLOCK — TSUGA MERTENSIANA. In the caseof this handsome and valuable species germination proceeds muchbetter, and the seed does not lose its germinating capacity so veryquickly. Germination in per cent after 10 20 30 40 days 1908—09 3 33 68 1909—10 2 20 49 Same lot, 1 year later 0 10 30 1910—11 0 10 24 39 Same lot, 1 year later 0 0 9 12 1911—12 20 46 55 (-1-4) 44 TSUGA PATTONIANA. Of this species I have only twice inthe whole twenty-five years had good seed; the first time, in 1888—89, it germinated only 1 o/q; in 1909—10, on the other hand, in 10days 53 /o, in 20 days 75 o/o and in 30 days 79 /o. Thus the seed is sometimes good; but it is very difficult toobtain.. Ill JAPANESE (EAST ASIATIC) CONIFERS The Japanese species have always been the troublesome childof the Forest Seed Establishments, and are so still; for even afterthe lapse of so many years I am not yet so far advanced as toknow with confidence the difference between the seeds of all thespecies of Abies and Pinus, not to mention Picea. For as a rule Ireceive no Picea seed at all, although year by year I order someof every species. When I do at last receive something, it is so im-pure and so different in appearance from year to year that thereis generally nothing further to be done with it, except to send itout to the nurseries and beg leave to let time show what speciesit will produce. How^ever, in the case of some of the Abies species: Abies firmaand A. Mariesii, and to a certain extent A. homolepis, I feel onthe safe side. But what we receive as A. umbilicata may be some-times one thing and sometimes another; only tw^ice —