The Forest Trees of Britain

abundant acorns afford ancient appearance Asia attains autumn bark bear beautiful Beech berries Black Poplar blossoms botanists boughs branches Britain buds called catkins character Cherry clusters colour common cultivated decay derived downy durable early employed England Europe Evelyn feet flowers foliage forest formerly France frequently fruit gardens Glastonbury Thorn green ground grow growth Hawthorn hedges height Holly Hornbeam Horse Chestnut inches insects Italy juice Julius Cæsar kind leaf leaves Loudon manna Maple mention Mountain Ash native natural numerous nuts observed ornamental picturesque Pine planted Pliny Poplar produced purpose Quercus Quercus Robur rarely remarkable resembling ripe Romans roots says scarcely Scotland season seed-vessels seeds shade shoots shrub situations smooth soil sometimes species spring stamens stem substance Sycamore Thorn timber tree trunk twigs variety White Poplar wild Willow winter wood Wych Elm young