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ments ; and I have also heard of another example of its growing wild on the 

 briar in this County at Westhide, which was unfortunately destroyed some time 

 since. 



There is but little doubt that the list of trees which the Mistletoe occa- 

 sionally inhabits in Herefordshire may, and will be extended by more general 

 and careful observation. The Viscum album is by no means particular in its 

 selection of a home. I will briefly notice all the other trees upon which it has been 

 observed to grow in England so far as I have been able to ascertain : 



31st. — The White Beam {Pyrus Aria), " On the rocks near the western 

 portal of Chepstow Castle is a fine tree with much Mistletoe upon it." Lees' 

 " Botanical Looker Out "; and at Cobham in Kent. (Jesse.) 



32nd. — The Buck-thorn (Rhamnus catharticus), named in a paper of 

 Thomas Willisels in the Philosophical letters of Mr. Ray and friends. (N. & Q. 

 Vol. iii., p. 396.) 



33rd. — The Laburnum (Cytisus Laburnum), at Hampton Court Gardens ; 

 and the Slopes, Windsor Park. (Jesse.) 



34th. — The Red Swamp Maple (Acer rubrum), near the ranger's house. 

 Bushy Park. (Jesse.) 



35th. — The Horse Chesnut {(Esculus hippocastanum), in Bushy Park, 

 Middlesex. (Jesse.) 



36th. — The Filbert. — {Corylus avellana alba), at Wigmore, Bishop's Cleeve. 

 (Mr. J.S. Haywood.) 



37th. — The Catalpa (Catalpa syringcsfolia), in Kent. (The Rev. Gerard 

 Smith.) 



38th. — The English Elm {Ulmus campestris), at Longdon near Upton-on- 

 Severn (Rev. W. S. Symonds) at Bushy Park Farm, near Tewkesbury, 

 (" Botanical Looker-out ") Monmouthshire, (The Rev. J. Hibbert) and at 

 Strensham Court, Worcestershire. (Mr. Taylor, in Jesse.) 



3gt;}j. — The Gooseberry (Ribes grossularia), on some large old Gooseberry 

 bushes, Maidstone, Kent. (Journal of Horticulture, December 1863.) 



40th. — The Plane Tree (Platanus occidentalis), at Wick, near Worcester. 

 (Mr. J. S. Haywood.) 



41st. — The Yew Tree [Taxus semper-virens), near Sheffield, " on a venerable 

 tree of many centuries growth." (W. S. Sheffield, N. & Q. Vol. vii., p. 199.) 



42nd. — The Cedar [Cedrus Libani), in Somersetshire. (W. C. Trevelyan, 

 N. & Q. Vol. vi., p. 249.) 



43]-(j. — The Larch Fir {Abies Larix), plentifully at Cold Weston, Shrop- 

 shire. (Jesse.) 



