After an interesting morning with clients and negotiating heavy traffic caused by a lorry crashing through the central reservation and closing the motorway, it was a pleasure to walk down to see what little remains of the lime avenue. These aged lime trees produced the customary show of mistletoe, and now, in mid February, the berries have been eaten by birds.
All parts mistletoe, Viscum album to the cognoscenti, are toxic if eaten. Nevertheless, it has medicinal uses. It is used internally for treatment of arteriosclerosis, insomnia, tinnitus, and in the treatment of cancer of the lungs and ovaries. Externally it is used for rheumatism and leg ulcers.
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