Show Ex Excellent Reasons for lor This Trees Tree's Popularity The common elder which flower flowers In Inthe Inthe the last lut days of May Is one of the commonest of English trees tre but for forso forto to so many centuries has hns It been blen planted by hy man for official purposes purposes certain certainly ly Iy before the Romans nomans come came to Britain that that Its natural habitat Is b now o o o-ay I a It matter motter of conjecture It has a variety of curious country names named most of 01 them like the name nome elder It Itself Itself It It- self having reference to the hollow bollow l stem tem Such Sueh are tree and the tree being a favorite favor ite one with urchins for tor the manufacture manufacture ture of popguns The name Judas tree Is sometimes applied though It rl rightly belongs to sill sill- qU a southern European species Elder drives away evil spirits and Is Isa a charm hann against lightning Rubbed on the eyes It enables one to detect witches Elder cures toothache warts orts and dropsy drops and Is used for poultices and to flax rioter flaer or vinegar as well as ni as for elderberry wine Sir John Maund professed d to have found It growing grow ing on Mount Zion |