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Muswell Hill bear a considerable resemblance, both in form and size, to the 

 figure of Q. Pseudo-.S'ubcr given in the Nbuv, l)u Hamcl, and of which^g. 

 ISO J. is a reduced copy. The tree at Muswell Hill has ripened acorns, but 

 DOt lately, and the character of their cups is forgotten; otherwise we should 

 Bt once be able to decide to which section it belongs. The trunk is covered 

 with a corky bark, which has exactly the appearance of that of the 

 true cork tree in the same garden; but the cork is only 2 in. or 2 J- in. in 

 depth, while- in the true cork tree it is more than 3 in. deep. Whether this 

 i-. a variety or a species, it is, at all events, so decidedly distinct in the 

 foliage, and, as the plate in our last. Volume will show, forms such a very 

 handsome ev< rgreen tree, that it well merits a place in collections. When 

 •!,< tMi (May 6. IH.V/'), both were in full foliage; but we were 

 informed that the variety Jo.it its leaves generally before the other. Our 



