. The earth and its inhabitants .. . parks. Cacti grow in the rocks near Torquay; the American aloe flourishes inSalcombe Bay; magnolias from South America, proteas from the Cape, andcamellias from Japan, are successfully cultivated; and on Tresco, one of the ScillyIslands, we meet with a fine avenue of yuccas. But ornamental plants are notthe only exotics, for most of the bread corns, including wheat, barley, and rye;the potato; much of the produce of the kitchen gardens ; and many other plantsnow widely cultivated, have been derived from other and warmer climates. In Roman and Saxon times a
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . parks. Cacti grow in the rocks near Torquay; the American aloe flourishes inSalcombe Bay; magnolias from South America, proteas from the Cape, andcamellias from Japan, are successfully cultivated; and on Tresco, one of the ScillyIslands, we meet with a fine avenue of yuccas. But ornamental plants are notthe only exotics, for most of the bread corns, including wheat, barley, and rye;the potato; much of the produce of the kitchen gardens ; and many other plantsnow widely cultivated, have been derived from other and warmer climates. In Roman and Saxon times a considerable part of the country was coveredwith forests, formed, as now, of oaks and beeches, birches and Scotch firs, FLORA. 25 almost to the exclusion of other trees. Most of these forests have either whollydisappeared, or have been considerably reduced in size. Extensive woods survive,however, in portions of Scotland and England, the most famous being the NewEorest in Hampshire, Dean Forest in Gloucestershire, and Sherwood Fores
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