28 NA TURAL HISTORY OF SHAKESPEARE . 
ELM. 
Adriana* Come, I will fasten on this sleeve of 
thine : 
Thou art an elm, my husband, I, a vine; 
Comedy of Errors, Act ii. Scene 2. 
Titaiiia .the female ivy so 
Enrings the barky fingers of the elm. 
Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act iv. Scene 1. 
Poins . Answer, thou dead elm, answer. 
King Henry IV., Part II. Act ii. Scene 4. 
SYCAMORE. 
Boyet. Under the cool shade of a sycamore, 
Love’s Labour’s Lost, Act v. Scene 2. 
Desdemona. The poor soul sat sighing by a syca¬ 
more tree, 
Othello, Act iv. Scene 3. 
Benvolio. . . . underneath the grove of syca¬ 
more, 
That westward rooteth from this city’s side,— 
Romeo and Juliet, Act i. Scene 1. 
YEW. 
Clown. My shroud of white, stuck all with yew, 
Twelfth Night, Act ii. Scene 4. 
