

THE MISTLETOE-OAK OF DEERFOLD FOREST. 



Quiercus Scssiliflora — Viscum albvm, fcem : 



This very intoresting tree grows in the hedgerow of a field called " The 

 Harps," at Haven, in the ancient forest of Doerfold, on the property of the 

 Messrs. Fortey. It was discovered about 3 mouths since, but the Mistletoe 

 must havo been growing upon it for some years. At five feet from the ground 

 the girth of tho Oak is 5ft. Sin. The Mistletoe grows in ono large wide- 

 spreading Ijranch, with a diameter of 3ft. Cin., though it springs out from tho 

 Oak by only a single stem, nearly 4iu. in circumference. This tree makes tho 

 eighth examjilc of an Oak bearing Mistletoe, 



(This Sietch is drawn frmn an excellent FJwtograph taken by 

 Henry Moore, Esq., of Leominster.) 



