174 SHORT NOTES AND QUERIES. 
VARIETY OF THE BEECH.—Some specimens of Fagus sylvatica col- 
leeted last October by Mr. Carruthers and Professor W. T. 
called Brookwood Stumps, on Woking Common, present remarkable devia 
tions in the characters of their leaves from the usual condition. These are 
rotund in outline and only from half to one inch long, exceedingly obtuse, 
and with a perfectly entire margin. They are not, however, merely re- 
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increase in length of the lateral buds or twigs. Dr. Brushfield, who has 
nown the tree for many years, informs me that it leafs at the same time 
as other Beeches in the neighbourhood and that the leaves have always 
maintained their peculiar character —HENRY TRIMEN. 
MISTLETOE ON THE Oax.—There is a fine old Oak with Mistletoe on 
it in Lord Sondes’ Park at Lees Court, Kent. 
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of time for centuries, but on none can I find the parasite growing, except 
^ es solitary one just named.—J. Pink, in the * Garden, May 4, 
1872. 
iN OLD ExGLrsH Hortus Srccus.—I have recently had the oppor- - 
tunity of examining an old * Hortus Siceus, containing at least 500 
Rivers, Fields, Woods and Gardens of Most Parts of ye West of Eng- 
land, Anno Dom. 1732.” A number of names of persons, quaintly 
arranged according to their dignities or professions, follow, being those to 
whom the author had presented similar collections. In some case 
Specimens are only leaves and difficult to identify, but for the most part 
they exhibit the characters of the species sufficiently well to enable one 
to say what they are. What adds to the interest of the work is the fact 
that under most of them the author has written the English name, and 
dylium bears the name of * Clodweed,’ which Dr. Prior does not mention, 
though probably only a corruption of Ologweed, which he gives. : 
poor specimen, which seems to be one of Melampyrum pratense, 5 
named * Cow-wheat Eyebright,’ which he a plies to Bartsia odontites. 
: is here D. Armeria, not D. prolifer. Epipactis tat 
folia, not the much rarer Cypripedium matt od is ‘ Lady's Slipper. 
