THE REMARKABLE TREES 



OF 



HEREFORDSHIRE. 



THE MISTLETOE-OAK at TEDSTOXE DELAMEEK 



MARCH, 1867. 

 The Mistletoe is known to have existed upon this oak for about 38 years. 

 Dr. Cradock (Principal of Brasennose College) discovered it there iji 1851, but 

 the -n-oodman had known of it for more than 20 years before. He kept it a 

 secret and only produced a smaU portion on particular occasions. The 

 Mistletoe ^rows in one bunch of five stems close to the tmnk of the tree, at 

 about 40 feet from the ground. The oak ( Q. jxdunc. ) is situated in the corner 

 of a -wood on Primrose Hill, on the property of E. Bickerton Evans, Esq. 

 As sho\vn here, it is crowded by other trees, and the ivj^ has nearly reached 

 the Mistletoe. At the request of the President of the Woolhope Club, 

 Mr. Evans at once had the ivy cut from it, and has veiy kindly promised to 

 remove the trees around it. 



(Ladmorc, Photographer to the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club.) 



