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branch with leaves intermixed, and it is certainly very curious. As a member of 

 the Woolhope Club I ought to know all about the fungi of the district, but I 

 know little or nothing, having never been at home in the best time for 

 fungus hunting. 



The mistletoe grows here very plentifully as in Herefordshire generally, 

 and it may be interesting to mention the trees upon which I have found it. 

 They are the Poplar, the Apple, the Hawthorn, the Pear, the Mountain Ash. 



Finally, I must briefly notice the trees of this neighbourhood. Elms 

 appear to flourish very well indeed here, attaining considerable height and 

 size. Several about the house measure as much as 12ft in girth and two 

 exceed 14 feet. We have a Wych Ebn in a field adjoining the house measuring 

 18ft. lOin. We have a very fine Silv3r Fir some 120ft. in height and measuring 

 lift. Sin. at 5ft from the ground. Walnuts seem to flourish well too, the 

 short avenue in front of the house contains some fine trees, the largest 

 measuring 12ft. Sin. , and reaching 70ft. in height. Oak grows to a very fair 

 size, though we have none giving very striking measurements. Most of the 

 timber trees in fact seem to do well, if we except the birch, which is con- 

 spicuous by its absence throughout this immediate neighbourhood. 



In concluding, I must apologise for the necessary dulness of this paper — 

 a botanical paper must necessarily be duU to many readers — and this is so, I 

 fear, even to the botanist. If, however, he would come and botanise the 

 district he would, I think, find several things to reward him, and for the 

 unbotanical reader, I can promise that if he be a lover of Nature at all, he 

 would not be disappointed by a sight of any of our hedgerows in the months 

 of May or June. For profusion of flower and richness of colour, they are, I 

 believe, imsurpassed in England, certainly in any part I know. 



