. The encyclopædia of geography: comprising a complete description of the earth, physical, statistical, civil, and political. ut from all sides of the stem : the drupe or berry, too,is of a different form from that of the common trees that are aboriginal natives of Britain are the Oak (two species); the Elm (fivespecies); the Beech, the Ash, the Maple, Sycamore, Hornbeam, Lime (three species); theSpanish Chestnut (!) ; the Alder, Birch, Poplar (lour species) ; and the Scotch Fir; to whichmay be added the Mountain Ash, which in some parts of Scotland attains to a great these, th
. The encyclopædia of geography: comprising a complete description of the earth, physical, statistical, civil, and political. ut from all sides of the stem : the drupe or berry, too,is of a different form from that of the common trees that are aboriginal natives of Britain are the Oak (two species); the Elm (fivespecies); the Beech, the Ash, the Maple, Sycamore, Hornbeam, Lime (three species); theSpanish Chestnut (!) ; the Alder, Birch, Poplar (lour species) ; and the Scotch Fir; to whichmay be added the Mountain Ash, which in some parts of Scotland attains to a great these, then, the Oak, the Beech, Birch, and Scotch Fir, live in society, forming vastforests, almost to the exclusion of other trees. The finest forests of Oak and Beech areto be seen in the southern parts of England; the latter flourishing, in an extraordinarydegree, in the chalk and deep clay soils of Sussex and some of the neighbouring Scotland, the oak, though there may be some exceptions, generally forms copse woods,and is mostly confined to the valleys. Its northern limit is scarcely \\ ithin the British dorni-. Irisli Ys Book I. ENGLAND. 331
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