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mentioned only in a list of the introduced and imperfectly 

 naturalized species. Winch deems it not indigenous 

 northward of the Tyne. The name occurs in a Catalogue 

 of plants obsen^ed in the Isle of Man, by Mr. Macnab. I 

 have seen it in hedges in Lancashire, apparently planted. 

 Not unlikely, however, to occur truly wild in Cheshire ; 

 and I have ventm'ed to reckon South Wales in the provin- 

 cial census, although not aware of any locality recorded 

 for that province. In the South of England, (for example, 

 in Devon and Suirey) it is abundant. 



y^- ^// .A- ^^. 226. Acer Pseudo-platanus, Linn. 



Area (1 2 3 | 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 W^\Q). 



Ahen ? This is almost always allowed to be an intro- 

 duced tree ; and yet, looking to existing localities, there 

 B would seem to be quite as much likehhood of the lai'ge 



maple being native in this country, as of the large-leaved 

 hme being so. It certainly propagates ^ itself by seed, 

 along the course of streams in several of the western coun- 

 ties, as those of Lancashire, Cumberland and Inverness- 

 shire ; and Winch asserts it to be " certainly indigenous 

 on the high moors" of Tyne province. As it rises freely 

 from seeds falling in our shrubberies, and will flourish 

 from the north to the south coast of Britain, there can be 

 little doubt that it would establish itself perfectly, if allow- 

 ed to do so. This adaptation to the climate of Britain 

 might be held indirectly an argument in favoiu: of its nati- 

 vity, although there is one counter argument to set against 

 the fonner ; namely, that the leaf-buds expand so early in 

 spring as frequently to be damaged by frost, and that its 

 leaves fall in the autumn earlier than those of our unques- 



