BEECH 103 
Channel, Thames, and Anglia provinces, except in Hunts; in the 
Severn province; in S. Wales, not in Brecon, Radnor, Cardigan; in 
N. Wales, not in Montgomery or Merioneth; in the Trent province, 
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Photo. H, Irving 
Brecn (Fagus sylvatica, L.) 
Mersey province, except in Mid Lancs; in the Humber and Tyne 
provinces and the Isle of Man, and up to 1200 ft. in Derby; but it is 
planted in Scotland and Ireland. 
Since this tree is found in Preglacial deposits, as remarked, there 
can be no question as to its being native even though Cesar did not 
mention it, a clear case of the uselessness of negative evidence alone. 
