72 THE MISTLETOE. 



the apple and pear tribe, they soon sickened and 

 died, 



It appears that the mistletoe has been found 

 more frequently on the oak in England than in 

 France, as Desfontaines mentions that the only 

 instance, which ever came under his notice, is a 

 specimen, with the branch, preserved in the Mu- 

 seum at Paris, and which came from Bourgogne. 



Many persons suppose that glutinous or viscous 

 seeds must undergo a certain process, such as 

 passing through the stomachs of birds, or being 

 buried for a certain time in heaps, so as to under- 

 go a certain degree of fermentation, before they 

 will vegetate. If, however, the berries of the 

 mistletoe are rubbed upon the branches of trees, 

 when they are quite ripe, which they are between 

 the months of February and April, they may be 

 readily cultivated. 



Any addition to the above list will be thankfully 

 received, and may be communicated to the Author 

 at the Publisher's. 



It may be as well to caution my readers not to 

 introduce the mistletoe into their orchards if they 

 have any value for their fruit trees. A Clergyman 

 in Norfolk, to whom I am indebted for much 

 pleasing information, has done this but too suc- 

 cessfully. He writes me word that his trees are 

 so full of it, that they form a great portion of the 

 foliage on two or three of them, and the others are 



