BEECH 



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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, 



BEECH (Fagus sylvatica, L.) 



Mersey province, except in Mid Lanes; 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 Caesar did not 

 mention it, a clear case of the uselessness of negative evidence alone. 



