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First record : Blaclcstone, 1737. There are some picturesque old alders 

 by the Cran on Hounslow Heath, and the swampy copse near Whet- 

 stone, called ' the Alders,' is mainly composed of tliis tree. 



FAGTJS, Linn. 

 633. F. sylvatica, L. 



Cyb. Br. ii. 377 ; iii. 606. Syme E. B. viii. t. 1291. 

 Woods ; rare. Tree. May. 



I, Harefield!; Blackst. Fasc. 28. The trees in the Old Park Woods are 

 Tery fine. 

 III. Harrow G-rove, Harrow Park, &c. ; Melv. 73. 



VI, Betstile Lane, Colney Hatch ; Herb. Hardw. Hadley ! ; Warren. 

 Winchmore Hill Wood. 

 VII. Ken Wood. 



First record: BlacJcstone, 1737. No doubt a native at Harefield, and 

 apparently so at Ken Wood. 



Castanea vesca, Lam. Edible Chestnut. Cyb. Br. ii. 377. Syme 

 E, B. viii. t. 1290. II. Hedges in Tangley Park. III. Harrow Grove, 

 Harrow Park ; Melv. 73. VI, There are remains of old decayed 

 chestnuts not far from London, particularly in Enfield Chase ; Mart. 

 Mill. Diet. We have not seen the Eufield trees, and they probably no 

 longer exist. The plant is not a native of England, though no doubt 

 one of the earliest historic introductions. The oldest trees near 

 London, says Loudon, are in Kensington G-ardens ; they are mostly 

 hollow, with a pollard-like head {loc. cit. p, 2000). On the ques- 

 tion of the nativity of the chestnut in England, we may refer to a 

 paper by the Hon, Daines Barrington, in vol, lix. p, 23 of the Philo- 

 sophical Transactions, and to a series of letters in reply, from Dr. 

 Ducarel, Mr. Thorpe, and Mr. Hasted, in vol. Ixi. pp. 136-169. 



QTJERCTJS, Linn. 

 634. Q. Robur, Z. Oak. 



1, Q. pedunculata, Willd. 



Q. vulgaris, Ger. em. (Blackst,). Cyb. Br. ii. 375. Syme E. B. viii, t. 1288. 



Woods, hedges, &c. ; very common. Tree. April, May. 



In all the districts. 

 VII. Ken Wood. 



Loudon (p. 1733) mentions a variety heterophylla, of which a single tree 

 grows (IV.) at the London end of Mill Hill village. The largest oaks 

 in Middlesex recorded by Loudon are, the Chandos Oak in the grounds 

 of Michendon House, Southgate, chiefly remarkable for its immense 

 head, which covers a space of ground of which the diameter is 118 ft. ; 

 and one on Laleham Common with a trunk 23 ft. in girth. There are 

 fsome fine trees in Bushey Park, and two magnificent ones in the en- 

 closure of Twickenham Park. 



