The mention, in the will of Robert and Thomas Tredescant, of Walberswick, in the county of Suffolk, is, I think, decisive that the elder Tredescant was an Englishman. In the relation of his voyage to Russia he shows that he was familiar with the aspect of the two adjoining counties of Essex and Norfolk. Dr. Hamel has directed his inquiries toward the registry of the church at Walberswick, in which he was aided by Mr. Ellis of Southwold; but unfortunately the existing register commences a century too late, the first entry being of the year 1756. In Gardner's _Historical Account of Dunwich, Blithburg, and Southwold_, 1754, there are notices of Walberswick, but the name of Tredescant does not occur. I have just learned that the late MR. TRADESCANT LAY claimed descent from the Tredescants; and it seems probable that it was through the MRS. LEA, to whom Ashmole paid the 100_l._ on account of Tredescant's bequest. Ashmole may have written _Lea_ for _Lay_, or the name, as often happens, may have assumed the latter form in the lapse of time. It is remarkable that Mr. Tradescant Lay was the _Naturalist_ attached to Beechey's expedition, and published _The Voyage of the Himmaleh_. He went subsequently to China, on account of the missions, but afterwards received an appointment under the government (probably that of interpreter). In the year 1841 he put forth an interesting little work, entitled _The Chinese as they are_; and he was at least worthy of the descent he claimed. I have only to add, that I have not seen the original will, or the documentary evidence in the suit in Chancery. Desirous of losing no time in this communication, which is not without interest at the present moment, as it may influence the tribute about to be paid to the memory of the Tredescants by the reparation of their monuments, I have relied on Dr. Hamel's transcripts. One is gratified to find that the merits of these humble and unpretending lovers of science is at length appreciated, and that, while some of the inhabitants of Lambeth, where they dwelt, are taking effective measures to restore the monument erected to their memory by the unfortunate Hester, a just tribute to their merits has been paid by Dr. Hamel at St. Petersburg! On Ashmole's tombstone in Lambeth Church is inscribed: "Mortem obiit 18 Maii, 1692, sed durante Musæo Ashmoleano Oxonii nunquam moriturus." May not some similar record relate to posterity that it was to the Tredescants we owe the foundation of the first Museum of Curiosities of Nature and Art, as well as the first Botanic Garden? S. W. SINGER. Manor Place, South Lambeth. INEDITED POETRY.