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tended inquiries—inquiries which must have caused some thousands of 
trees to be examined,—the only instances in this county are on two 
trees at Graftonbury, one an old, the other a younger tree; and on 
authority which I have no reason to doubt, it is said to grow on one 
tree in Mr. Martin's perry-orchard at Monkhide, near Ledbury,—the 
only example to be heard of in this great perry-district of the county,— 
and at Wigmore. On all other trees it is rare. Besides the recorded 
instance of its growth on the Wild Rose, it formerly grew spontaneously 
on a Briar, with an engrafted Rose, in the garden of Thomas Cam, Esq., 
for many years, but was destroyed in 1860. I have also heard of an- 
other example of its growing wild on the Briar in this county at West- 
` hide, which was unfortunately destroyed. There is little doubt that 
the list of trees which the Mistletoe occasionally inhabits in Hereford- 
shire will be extended. The Viscum album is by no means particular 
in its selection of a home. I will notice all the other trees and shrubs 
upon which it has been observed to grow in England :— 
White Beam (Pyrus Aria). Gooseberry (Ribes Grossularia). 
Buckthorn (Rhamnus catharticus). Yew-tree (Taxus sempervirens). 
Laburnum (Cytisus Laburnum) Cedar (Cedrus Libani) 
Filbert (Corylus Avellana alba) Larch Fir (Abies Larix) 
Catalpa (Catalpa syringefolia). Walnut (Juglans regia). 
English Elm (Ulmus campestris). 
The Mistletoe has never been observed to occur spontaneously in 
England, so far as I am aware of, on any of the following Minos al- 
though it has been successfully propagated on several of them 
Beech (Fagus Pee Wild Cherry (P. aviu 
Birch p ba). Sloe-tree, or Aenean (P. spinosa). 
Bird Cherry (Prunus Padus). 
nor on any of the cultivated Cherry or Plum-trees. 
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Hornbeam Seas Betulus). Lombardy Poplar (Populus ak 
Elder (Sa gra). giata). 
. Holly (7 s seo cad Sweet Chestnut (Castanea vesea). 
Dogwood (Cornus ined Laurel (Prunus Laurocerasus). 
' . Box-tree (Buxus sempervirens 
Why the Mistletoe should attach itself to certain trees in preference 
to others, is not yet solved. Popular opinion refers it to some pecu- 
liarity in the bark, and seems, oddly enough, pretty equally divided as 
to whether the Viscum prefers a smooth and hard bark, or one that is 
