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nearly so' tender as the true Cork-tree, which cannot withstand the 
winter at Paris. 
“Such being the case, it became a point of interest to him to learn to 
what species the Cork-tree of Summertown belongs. He wished to 
visit the tree himself; but gave up the idea on account of the great 
addition it would have made to his tour in Britain last autumn. 
^ Having learned exactly what M. Gay desired, I applied to Mr. T. 
Carroll for specimens of the tree. He kindly obtained them, and I 
forwarded them to M. Gay. The result is most satisfactory. The 
Summertown tree is Quercus occidentalis, Gay. We have now to learn 
if there are any other old Cork-trees in England or Ireland, and, if such 
exist, to ascertain their species. The probabilities are very much 
against any old tree of the true Q. Suber being found.—C. C. Ba- 
BINGTON. 
STURMIA LOESELII, Reichend. 
In my ‘Flora of Cambridgeshire’ I remarked (p. 231) that this plant 
was found in Burwell Fen in 1836 for the last time. It is now my 
Pleasant duty to state that Messrs. H. E. Fox and W. F. Eaton, stu- 
dents of Trinity College, discovered plenty of it in Wicken Fen in the 
past season (1862). Wicken Fen is now the only place in the Fen 
country which remains in nearly its original undrained state, and itis 
therefore to be feared that the plant will not be found elsewhere in the 
great Fen district. It is worthy of remark, that this Fen is the only 
known station in the county of Cambridge where the Senecio paludosus, 
Linn., is still remaining. We have plants of it growing in the Cam- 
bridge Botanic Garden, which were brought from thence within the last 
three or four years.—C. C. BABINGTON. 
THE UNUSUALLY MILD WINTER. 
"The continued rains of the past two months, together with the un- 
Usual mildness of the season, have produced a remarkable effect on 
vegetation here. Trees are especially forward. At this date, the end 
of January, many Sallows (Salix cinerea and S. capraa) are fairly in 
