2. 



BEECH, LIME, IVY. 

 PLATE 2. FIGURES 1 TO 13. 



NDER no forest tree 

 is the ground more 

 dry than under the 

 Beech, and leaves 

 which have fallen 

 lie in a thick stra- 

 tum that crackles 

 as the foot presses 

 them. The lowermost are fast passing into the 

 earth which provided much of their elemental 

 substance ; those immediately above are dry and 

 brown, whilst the leaves which strew the surface 

 of the layer, if the ' fall ' have commenced, are still 



