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Little Meadow" and the wooded
portion on the 1770 map.
the pond complex is im-
portant.
The remainder has many
of the marks of an ancient
wood. The conformity of the
E. side with field boundaries
is comparatively recent, al-
tho' this side is probably
not along its original line.
the elm invasion appears
in thsi case to have started
from attached 2ndary woodland,
where two possible parent
trees (both decayed and broken
off) occur.
The slight floristic differ-
ences between the S. part and
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teh rest of the wood may be
due to the S. hedge acting as
a refugium.
Note sanicle in S. part.

March 25
Brief thunderstorm without
rain.
March 26
The tristichorus succulent
is about at the middle of
flowering.
March 27
Woods at Horsheath
Lodge (old 2ndary beech &c).
Much mercury, chiefly in
small patches.