Elder

If you want to cut down an elder you should say, 'Elder mother, elder mother, elder mother, please give me some wood, please give me some wood, please give me some wood, and I’ll give you some of mine, and I’ll give you some of mine, and I’ll give you some of mine, when I grow into a tree, when I grow into a tree, when I grow into a tree’. I shall be putting this into practice soon, as I planted an elder cutting several years ago in my veggie garden and it has taken over...

Meanwhile, here's some more natural calligraphy for the 13th letter of the tree alphabet.