CONTENTS 



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I. INTRODUCTION 3 



II. PHYSICAL FEATURES 7 



Climate, Geology, Surface-modelling 10 



The Modern River-System 24 



III. PRIMARY WOODLAND AND ITS DERIVATIVES ... 28 



IV. SUBORDINATE AND HERBACEOUS FLORA . . . .33 

 V. THE HAND OF MAN 46 



VI. ARTIFICIAL PLANT-FORMATIONS 53 



Woodland and Copse ....... 53 



Hedgerows and Hedgebanks 59 



Regressive Woodland 63 



Grassland and the Evolution of Pasture . . . . 65 



Roadsides ......... 73 



Crops and Weeds of Arable Land 77 



Small Holdings and Allotments 85 



The Regression of Cultivated Land 91 



VII. ALIENS AND ADVENTIVES 93 



