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List of indigenous British Trees from London Catalogue 4th ed.

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List of indigenous British Trees from London catalogue of Plants (4th Edit). Tree are distinguished from Bushes according to Loudon's Encyclop of Plants, & not arbitrarily by myself. –

Fam.

1 Tilia pavifolia

2 Acer campestre (Polygamus)

3 Prunus padus

--- cerasus

--- avium

Cratæus oxycantha

Pyrus communis

--- malus

--- aria

--- aucuparia

--- torminalis

4 Sambucus nigra

5 Ilex aquifolium (Dioicous as I know)

6 Fraxinus excelsior (Polyg)

7 ulmus montana

--- suberosa

8 Quercus robur monocot

Fagus sylvatica do

Carpinus --- do

Alnus do

Beluta alba do

Populus alba Dioicious

--- communis do

--- [illeg] do

country only 6 species

{Salix fragilis

--- vitellina

--- alba

--- triandra &c &c &c say 1/2 dozen

}14 species in this one Family

9 Pinus sylvestris Monocot

Taxus baccot Dioicious

32 species; of which 19 have sexes more or less separated; counting only half a dozen willows. They belong to 9 families, of which 5 have sexes separated

(To be returned to me)

(Properly I ought to count how many mono- & dioicious & polygamus plants in Britain)

(There may be some wholly different [illeg] in this case; in animal kingdom, I shd have suspected that it was related to a more highly developed structure, as separation of sexes clearly goes with highness.)

Tree Question

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