Note: The authors had an opportunity during May, 1977, to observe seed collection of Chir pine (Pinus roxburghii Sarg.) in Dader Forest of Siran Forest Division for supply to the forest departments. The seed trees were highly malformed and slow growing at the lowest level of the species altitudinal range e.g. 1000 meters. About a kilogram of this seed was procured and sown in the nursery at Nawanshehr (Abbottabad) alongwith the seed of this species which was collected from seed stands selected from amongst the best natural stands of chir pine in the same locality under our Agricultural Research Council project (1). This note compares the performance of one year old seedlings raised from two types of seed.