about 500
past their
full growth.
1662 25,929 Oak 121,500 11,335
4,204 Beech
-------
30,133 (30,000 old
trees.)
1764 27,302
1783 90,382 Oak 95,043
17,982 Beech
-------
108,364
1788 48,000
1808 22,882
1857 10,000 About 5,000
trees, 7,500
having been
felled since
1845.

With respect to the rarer plants found in the neighbourhood, it may be
observed that the walk by the side of the Wye from Ross to Chepstow is
said to be the most productive in objects of botanical interest of any
part of England. The following list, kindly furnished by Mr. Gee,
applies chiefly to the north-east section of the Forest and its
vicinity:--

_Toothwort_ (Lathraea squamaria), at the Scowles above the Lining
Wood.
_Bog Asphodel_ (Narthecium ossifragum), in the Mitcheldean Meand
Enclosure.
_Gentian_ (Gentiana amarella), Limestone Quarry near Silverstone, at
the Hawthorns.
_Winter Green_ (Payrola media), Hare Church Hill.
_Bog Pimpernel_ (Anagallis tenella), Purlieu Road.
_Sundews_ (Drosera rotundifolia and longifolia), Mitcheldean Meand.
_Little Sallow_ (Salix repens), Mitcheldean Meand.
_Viola lactea_, Mitcheldean Meand.
_Cotton Grass_ (Eriophorum angustifolium), Mitcheldean Meand.
_Petty Whin_ (Genista Anglica), the waste between the Dampool and the
Speech House.
_Gromwell_ (Lithospermum officinale), throughout the Forest.
_Bee Orchis_ (Ophrys apifera), road to Bishopswood.
_Services_ (Pyrus pinnatifida and aria), Bicknor Rocks.
_Barberry_ (Berberis vulgaris), Bicknor Rocks.
_Cotyledon umbilicus_, Purlieu Road.
_Narcissus biflorus_, Hope Mansel.
_Mentha piperita_,