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from "Des Higgins" contains these words:

I THINK (but could easily be wrong) that Beech is native in s.England??

Certainly native, and it prefers calcarious soils, which are abundant in
the south, but not unknown throughout the country.

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Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
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