The American Botanist 



VOL. XX JOLIET, ILL., NOVEMBER, 1914 No. 4 



Cxcelieni herbs had our fathers of oldj 



Cxceiient herbs to ease their paen, 

 Alexanders and marigold 



^T/ebri£fht, orris and elecampane, 

 ^asilj roc/cetj valerian, rue 



{almost sin£^in^ themselves thej/ run), 

 T^erv a in, dittan y, ca II- mo'to-j/ouj 



Cowslip, melilot, rose-of-the-sun, 

 J^nythin^ yreen that yrew out of the mould 

 Tl^as an excellent herb to our fathers of old, 



— Kipling. 



THE MISTLETOE 



By W'illard X. Clute. 



I 'HE tra\'eler from a more northern region, who happens 

 to I'l lurnev into our Southern States after autumn winds 

 have stripped the leaves, from the trees, is hkely to observe 

 shortly after he has crossed the Ohi'^' River or passed through 

 the region in otu" cotmtrv in the same general latitude, that 

 there is still more or less green in the treetops. At first glance 

 it appears as if. here and there, groups of twigs had failed to 

 conform to the general c<3ndition of leafiessness and were still 

 sporting their summer verdtn^e, but a second survey, convinces 

 him. especially if he be botanicallv inclined, that he is getting 

 a view of that famous plant, the mistletoe. 



