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VI. Enfield Chase. Finchley Common ; E. B. 2032. Hadley ! ; Warren. 



Whetstone. Winchmore Hill Wood. 



VII. On the west of Primrose Hill ; Merrett, 15. Hedges bet. Regent's Park 



and Hampstead, 1819 ; Bennett (v.s.). In and near Hornsey Wood. 



"Fivst record: Johnson, 1629. Pormedalarge, perhaps the chief part of the 



ancient forest on the clay north of London, of which Enfield Chase was 



the remains ; it is still the chief tree in many parts of Epping Eorest, 



Essex. It does not usually grow to any great height ; but a fine tree 



is mentioned by Loudon (p. 2007) as growing in the grounds of Chis- 



wick House.f The labyrinth in Hampton Court grounds is formed 



with hedges of Hornbeam. 



CONIFERJE. 

 TAXIJS, Linn, 



637. ^ T. baccata, Z. Yew. 



Cyb. Br. ii. 411. Syme E. B. viii. t. 1384. 



In hedges and churchyards ; rather rare. Tree. March, April. 



I. Near Harefield ! ; Newb. Old trees by the roadside bet. Potter's Bar 



and South Mims. 

 II. Hanworth Churchyard and Harlington Churchyard, very large trees. 

 III. Harrow G-rove, ' thoroughly naturalised ; ' Melv. 74. 

 IV. Near Hampstead, on Hendon Road. 

 VI. Winchmore Hill Wood. Edmonton Churchyard. 

 First record: Hitid, 1860. Always planted?. Eor an account, illustrated 

 with figures, of the Harlington Yew, which till 1790 was clipped into 

 most fantastic shapes, see Loud. Arb. et Frut. 2077. In Mart. Mill. 

 Diet, is a description of four beautiful Yew trees growing at Mill Hill. 



[JUNIPERTJS, Linn. 



638. J. communis, L. J. eu-communis (Syme E. B.). Juniper. 

 Juniperus, Ger. em. (Blackst.). J. vulgaris fruticosa (Johns.). 



Cyb. Br. ii. 410. Syme E. B. viii. t. 1382. 



Heaths ; very rare. Shrub. May. 



I. On Harefield Common, abundantly ; Blackst. Fasc. 48. 

 IV. Hampstead Heath ; Johns. Enum. 

 VI. Finchley Common; Coles, 361, and Mart. App. P. C. 66. 



First record: Johnson, 1632; last, T. Martyn, 1763.] 



Pinus sylvestris, L. Scotch Fir. Finns (Merr.). Cyb. Br. ii. 409. 

 Syme E. B. viii. t. 1381. I. Spontaneously on Harrow Weald Com- 

 mon, the seeds from the plantations of Harrow Weald Parks ; Melv. 74. 

 Seedlings on Harefield Common! ; Newb. III. Harrow Grove ; Melv. 74. 

 VII, In a wood on the left hand of Hamstead, called the Pine-walks ; 

 Merr. 94. Planted in many places besides those mentioned. 



t Eev. W. W. Newboiild was shown a very large Hornbeam in the grounds of Sutton 

 Court School, Chiawick, which may be the one here alluded to. 



