Seeds openly planted in the autumn and left unprotected in this latitude, will perish. I have always planted in pots or boxes, and placed in the cellar on a shelf, where mice will not exhume them, and in the early spring started them in a cold room behind a sunny window. As summer advances I place them out of doors, sunk in the earth. In the autumn, remove them to the cellar. They will then be from 5 to 10 inches in height. The boxes, or divisions of boxes, should be labeled to mark the different seeds, and this for obvious reasons. I use the well developed seed from the best specimens of well ripened or decayed fruit, planting immediately, and reject knotty specimens, as I fear the imperfection may be propagated.