36 NATURAL HISTORY OF SHAKESPEARE. 
POMEGRANATE. 
Juliet. . . . it is not yet near day: 
It was the nightingale, and not the lark, 
That pierced the fearful hollow of thine ear; 
Nightly she sings on yon pomegranate-tree : 
Romeo and Juliet, Act iii. Scene 5. 
CRAB. 
Suffolk . . . . and noble stock 
Was graft with crab-tree slip; 
King Henry VI., Part II. Act iii. Scene 2. 
Porter. Fetch me 
a dozen crab-tree staves, and strong ones ; 
[King Henry VIII., Act v. Scene 4. 
Menenius. We have some old crab-trees here at 
home that will not 
Be grafted to your relish. 
Co Rio LAN us, Act ii. Scene 1. 
HOLLY. 
Amiens. Heigh ho ! sing, heigh ho ! unto the green 
holly: 
As You Like It, Act ii. Scene 7. 
MISTLETOE. 
Tamora. The trees, though summer, yet forlorn and 
lean, 1 
O’ercome with moss and baleful mistletoe. 
Titus Andronicus, Act ii. Scene 3. 
