I40 MANURES FOR FRUIT TREES 



The dried bark of mezereon contains mezerein 

 (a resin), daphnin (a glucoside), and sugar. It is 

 used in medicine and enters into the composition 

 of the B.P. liquor sarsse compositus concentratus. 



Mistletoe (Viscum album. Natural Order, 

 Loranthacese) is a hardy evergreen parasite with 

 green flowers followed by whitish berries. It lives 

 on the apple, hawthorn, lime, poplar, maple, cedar, 

 mountain ash, larch and oak, and derives its 

 nourishment from the host on which it lives. It is 

 now rarely seen on the oak. It may be remarked 

 that the ancient Druids held it in veneration 

 when growing on^ the oak. 



" Past is the time when, bendii^ low, 

 Druids revered thee, Mistletoe ! " 



The ashes of the mistletoe contain in 100 

 parts : — 



