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Y. Steele, Esq., Abergavenny ; and our Honorary Secretary, 

 E. M. LiNGWooD, Esq., have kindly assisted me in various ways. 

 ]Mr. Adams, of Marden, has taken much trouble in his enquiries 

 for me, as has been acknowledged previously. Fiavel Edmunds, 

 Esq., has given me much information on divers subjects : and last, 

 though not least, I am indebted to Mr. Cranston, of Eings-acre, 

 for his opinion on many points ; especially for giving me the 

 thread that guided me through the difficult labyrinth of intro- 

 duced Poplars. 



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

 can be more sensible than I am myself of the many deficiencies 

 of this paper, and that it would be very satisfactory to me to add 

 a supplement to some future number of the Transactions if suffi- 

 cient additional information could be obtained ^vith regard to the 

 Mistletoe, and the trees upon which it grows. 



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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 Thorns in 

 St. Devcreux 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 Farnham, Surrey, (Mr. Fiudlay,) but have not 

 had time to make enquiries about it. 



Errata : Page 68, the Mistletoe is stated to be " very common" on the 

 Black Poplar (Populus nigra;) it should be " not common :" and 

 very remarkable 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. mouolifera) in which the parasite grows so very freely. Page 

 71, the Mistletoe is stated to grow on the Pink Horse-chestnut at 

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

 making the second example of its occurrence on the jEsculus flava 

 in this county. Page 78, the botanical name of the common Laurel 

 is" Prunus lauro-cerasus," and not cerassus colchicum, as accident- 

 ally given in the text. 



