486 DR. H. F. HAXCE OS TUE 



leaves nearly all gathered separately, but well dried, packed up 

 carefully, and labelled to correspond with the acorns, accom- 

 panied by the following memorandum: — 



"The number of ^ Notes and Queries' which contained your 

 request for leaves I found awaiting nie, on my return about the 

 middle of August from a short trip into the country, about 20 

 miles east from Newchwang, on which trip I had noticed, in a 

 pleasant little valley, quite a number of oak shrubs, with the 

 acorns still green, but of full size. Being on horseback, however, 

 I did not gather any of them. After seeing your note, I endea- 

 voured to obtain some of the leaves, in accordance with your 

 request, but was unable to do so until the 11th of October, 

 on my return from a visit to Moukdon. The locality is the 

 Ts'ien shan or Thousand Mountains, which enclose a maguificeut 

 valley about 60 miles south of Moulcden, and 70 nortli-enst of 

 Newchwang. Many of the leaves, as you will observe, had already 

 turned brown ; and as my time was limited, I was obliged to take 

 such as I could find. The silk-culture is not carried on so far 

 north as this, the silk-producing distinct lying, as stated by Mr. 

 Meadows, to the south-east of Newchwang ; but I was assured 

 by the priests that the leaves marked 1 and 3 are identical with 

 those used for the above purpose further south. 



"The leaves marked 1 are those of the ^ siao-yeJi tso-sJiu,' or 

 small-leaved oak, and are used for feeding the large silk-worms. 

 A package of acorns bears the same number, as also a small 

 branch of the wood. This species was quite abundant, and 

 varied from a bush 3 or 4 feet in height to a tree of 15 or 20 

 feet*. 



"The leaves marked 2 are those of the ^ ta-yeli tso-shii^'^ or 

 large-leaved oak, which, as I was told, are not used for feed- 

 ing the silkworm. The under surface of the leaves and the 

 young bark were covered, to a greater or less extent, with a 

 downy pubescence, still observable on some of the former. The 

 cup of the acorn is very noticeable. This species was the most 

 abundant, in many places covering the mountain-sides, and ap- 

 peared mostly in the form of a bush 3 or 4 feet iu height, with 

 occasionally one of 8 or 10 feet. 



" On my ascent of one of the mountain-peaks, I picked two or 

 three leaves (marked 3), which attracted my attention as being 



* According to Kegel (Tent. Fl. Ussur. 130), it attains a height of 40 feet in 



Russian Manchuria. 



