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last, though not least, I am indebted to Mr. Cranston, of Kings-acre, tor his 

 opinion on many points ; especially for giving me the thread that guided me 

 through the difficult lab^Tinth of introduced Poplars. 



In conclusion I must state to them and others, that no one can be more 

 sensible than I am myself of the many deficiences of this paper, and that it would 

 be very satisfactory to me to add a supplement to some future number of the 

 Transactions if sufficient additional information could be obtained with regard to 

 the Mistletoe, and the trees upon which it grows. 



POSTSCRIPT. — Whilst this Paper has been in the Press, the following additional 

 examples of the occurrence of the Mistletoe in this County have been 

 reported to me, viz. — on the Sycamore in the grounds of Barton Court, 

 near Ledbury, (Captain Peyton), the second instance only of its growth 

 here; on the willow, [Salix alba) on the banks of the Wye, below the Weir, 

 (the Rev. E. Du Buisson) ; on the Mountain-Ash at Tarrington School, 

 (Mr. Fraser) ; on the Acacia at Downshill, (Mr. Musgrave) ; on Maples and 

 Thorn in St. Devereux Park ; and, as a matter of course, I have heard of 

 another Oak said to bear it, too late to disprove the assertion. I have also 

 been assured that the Mistletoe grows on an Oak in the Bishop's Park at 

 Famham, Surrey (Mr. Findlay), but have not had time to make enquiries 

 about it. 



Errata : Page 316, the Mistletoe is stated to be " very common " on the Black 

 Poplar [Populus nigra); it should be "not common"; and very remark- 

 able it is, that it should be so rare in this tree, since it so closely resembles 

 in its habit of growth the Black Italian Poplar (P. monolifera), in which 

 the parasite grows so very freely. 



Page 318, the Mistletoe is stated to grow on the Pink Horse-chesnut at 

 Harewood, — it is the yellow variety on which it is found there, making 

 the second example of its occurrence on the ^Esculus flava in this county. 



Page 323, the botanical name of the common Laurel is "Primus lauro- 

 cerasus," and not cerassus colchicum, as accidentally given in the text. 



APPENDIX A. 



THE DEATH OF BALDER. 



From the Tale of "The Young Norseman" by Mr. W. B. Rands, in the 

 "Boys Own Volume" for 1863. (p. 143-4-5.) Beeton : Strand. 



" Once upon a time, Balder the Beautiful, whom all gods loved, and all 

 men, and all things that breathed, and that had not breath, was troubled in his 

 sleep with bad dreams, which made it seem to him that he must die. Then 

 Freyga. who was exceeding fond of Balder, and was, indeed, said to be his 



