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Woods of North-East Kent. 
The following woods on the Chalk have been investigated :—In the 
Faversham district: Winding Hill Wood, portions of Badgin, Rice, Fox- 
burrow, Stocking, and Judd's Woods. In the Swanley district: portions 
of Rowhill and Joyden’s Woods. 
The woods on the Chalk consist typically of Beech interspersed with 
Chalk. 
Alluvium. 
TEXT-FIG. 2 . 
- - Clay with Flints. 
Contours. 
Scale . 6 Inches=l Mile. 
The woods are shown in heavy outline. 
Yews. Moss, Rankin, and Tansiey ( 13 ) have suggested that the original 
woodland of the Chalk was made up of Beech with an undergrowth of Yew, 
and the general occurrence of such woods in this neighbourhood bears out 
this conclusion. As already pointed out, the soil in these situations is often 
extremely shallow, and is therefore unsuitable for cultivation. On this 
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