A few words in honoitr of the English Elm. 627 



subjects connected with agriculture and agricultural operations, would 

 all offer scope for discussion, and be most interesting and acceptable 

 to the readers of this Journal. 



A. B. 



[We heartily endorse our contributor's remarks and suggestions 

 and will be pleased to receive from hiai and others suitable contribu- 

 tions on any subject connected with Estates Management. — Ed.] 



A fe\A/ \A/ords in honour of the English Elm. 



Most of your readers will no doubt consider it presumption on the 

 part of an agent's wife to occupy your space with any remarks on mascu- 

 line subjects, such as the one I have chosen for my headiug. 



I take a great interest in the art of forestry, and from the starting of 

 your excellent Journal I have felt a desire to contribute some random 

 f.houghts, to show your numerous readers that we of the fair sex are not all 

 indifferent to the claims of forestry as a national science. Mrst, then, let 

 me ask your contributors if none of them have a word to say in praise of 

 the elm. The oak has been lauded beyond measure, and I grant it is 

 worthy to be termed the "monarch of the forest," &c., &c., but cannot 

 beauty be seen in the graceful elm, Avith its towering head defining the 

 outline of so many fields which are embellished with hedgerow timber ? 

 Many of those who during the past season have enjoyed the luxury of a 

 drive in the four-in-hand from Hyde Park Corner to Southampton, must 

 have been struck by the beautiful effects produced in lanes, fields, parks, 

 and pleasure-grounds by the stately elms. While driving along the base 

 of Box Hill from Leatherhead to Dorking, nothing can surpass the beauty 

 of that remarkably picturesque road, the winding outline of which is so 

 clearly defined by the elegant, light, and almost brilliant foliage of this 

 handsome tree. The elm hedges, surmounted by stately trees, seem to 

 form a wall of foliage, which is in happy contrast to the various tints of 

 ash, beech, birch, and firs, with occasional cedars interspersed between. 

 Looking from hill to hill, and seeing all these varied shades, with the 

 beautiful elm standing so light and graceful in the landscape, it seems to me 

 in the autumn season the most beautiful of trees. We who live in sunny 

 Surrey have the advantage over many of those who dwell in neighbouring 

 counties, for we have so many undulating hills and lovely vales, that the 

 varied tints of beautiful foliage show themselves to the greatest perfection. 

 The bronze-coloured oak, the graceful birch, and the light-tinted elm, with 

 the sombre firs, form such a beautiful landscape as is worthy the canvas of 

 the most famous of painters. Mab. 



