PART II 



THE EXISTING VEGETATION OF 

 THE BRITISH ISLES 



CHAPTER I 



THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE CHIEF FORMS 

 OF VEGETATION 



We can gain some idea of the actual extent of natural 

 and semi-natural vegetation in the different countries of 

 the United Kingdom from the annual statistics of the 

 Board of Agriculture and of the Irish Department of 

 Agriculture. From the returns for 1909 and 1910 we may 

 construct the following table : 



Percentages of total land-areas under cultivation and 

 under natural and semi-natural vegetation. 



England Wales Scotland Ireland (1910) 

 Arable land (including 



orchards, etc.) 32-8 



Permanent grassland ... 42-9 

 Mountain and heath used for 



grazing 7'5 



Waste land and land under 



houses, gardens, etc. ... 11-5 



Woods and plantations (1905) 5-3 



