The universal geography : earth and its inhabitants

FLORA. 25
almost to the exclusion of other trees. Most of these forests have either wholly-
disappeared, or have been considerabl}- reduced in size. Extensive woods survive,
however, in portions of Scotland and England, the most famous being the New-
Forest in Hampshire, Dean Forest in Gloucestershire, and Sherwood Forest in
Nottinghamshire. There the lover of nature may still ramble beneath woodland
Fi'n-. 15.
—
An English ITome.stead.
trees, whilst elsewhere, though the name of " forest " is retained, the trees have
disappeared to make room for fields and pastures ; and though Great Britain
does not equal certain continental countries in the extent of its forests, it is
still appropriately described as a " woody region." From the southern shore of
England to the foot of the Grampians, beyond the Clyde and the Tay, and
for several hundred feet up the slopes of the mountains, this woody region