The Garden says that in England the American White oak grows faster than the English oak. This is remarkable, as in America, it grows slower than most oaks, and the reputation the oak has of being a slow grower, comes chiefly from experience with the White oak - Quercus alba. The most rapid of all oaks in the vicinity of Philadelphia, is the English oak. The leading branches always make two, and often three growths a season, and five feet is not uncommon for the annual growth of the leading shoot.

The Garden regrets the difficulty of getting acorns of the American White oak to England, This has always been a trouble. They bear freely only about once in two or four years, and sprout immediately on falling. If English planters want to try this plant in forestry, they should contract in advance of some fruitful season, with some American nursery to sow the acorns, and then ship the plants the next spring.