TREES - In praise of … the national tree | Editorial

Scotland's decision to designate the Scots pine as its national tree is clear and logicalScotland's decision last week, following a public consultation, to designate the Scots pine as its national tree is clear and logical. But it prompts the question, probably not often asked until now, of whether the United Kingdom, from which the nationalist government wishes Scotland to separate, itself lays claim to a national tree? England, by general conse ...

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