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Kew Gardens, from Leyden, in 1837, having been previously intro-duced into the Botanical Garden there by Dr. Von Sieboldt.”

Q. glaberrima. Page 1938., add : “ Plants were brought to Europe by Dr.Von Sieboldt, and introduced into Kew Gardens in 1837.”

Mexican Oaks. 1941. Acorns of Q. xalapensis have been received fromXalapa, in Mexico , sent by M. Hartweg to the Horticultural Society’sGarden, from which plants have been raised. The acorns are flatterthan those shown in fig. 1852.; but the leaves are the same.

Mr. Low of the Clapton Nursery has received several kinds of acornsof Mexican oaks, but without names, from which plants have beenraised, and are now (February, 1838) several inches high. The acornswere all gathered on the mountains in the neighbourhood of Real delMonte ; but the trees are found in various parts of the country, at an