1404 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 
Varieties. In consequence of U. glabra ripening seeds in different parts of 
England, many varieties have been raised from it, most of which are distin- 
guished by great rapidity of growth. From the specimens that have been 
sent to us from the Canterbury, Huntingdon, and other nurseries, and also 
from the trees in the Horticultural Society’s Garden, it is difficult to de- 
termine, in every case, whether the varieties of U. (m.) glabra are not nearer 
to U. montana or U. americana, than to that sub-species; and, in some in- 
stances, they appear to partake of the character of U. campéstris and U. 
(c.) suberdsa. T. A. Knight, Esq., informs us that from seeds of one variety 
of U. (m.) glabra, viz. the Downton elm, which were ripened in the cold 
climate of that part of Shropshire, he “ raised plants which are so perfectly 
similar to the U. suberdsa, and which approximate so nearly to the character 
of the U. glabra, that ” he does “ not doubt but that the U.campéstris, U. 
suberosa, U. glabra, and three or four other varieties which” he has “seen 
in different parts of England, are all varieties only of the same species.” 
A. Timber Trees. 
* U. (m.) g. 1 vulgaris. The common smooth-leaved Elm. 
+ U. (m.) g. 2 vegeta; U. montana vegéta in the Horticultural Society’s 
Garden; U.americana Masters. The Huntingdon Elm, the Chichester 
Elm, the American Elm in some places, and, perhaps, the Scampston 
Elm. — This is by far the most vigorous-growing kind of elm propa- 
gated in British nurseries, often making shoots from 6 ft. to 10 ft. in 
length in one season ; and the tree attaining the height of upwards of 
30 ft. in 10 years from the graft. Having written to Huntingdon, Chi- 
chester, York, Newcastle, and various other places, respecting this 
elm, we have received the following information from Mr. John 
Wood, nurseryman, near Huntingdon, dated November, 1836.—“ The 
Huntingdon elm,” he says, “ was raised here about 80 or 90 years 
ago, by an uncle of mine, from seed coilected in this neighbourhood. 
Ihave sent many plants of it all over the country ; and it has been 
given out from Norwich, Bristol, and other places, under the name 
of the Chichester elm ; but you may rely on my word that the Chi- 
chester elm and the Huntingdon elm are one and the same thing. 
The tree is the fastest grower, and produces the best timber, of all 
the elms. I have lately cut down some trees planted about 40 years 
ago, and have used the planks in various ways in house-building.”’ 
The young shoots of this elm sent to us by Mr. Wood were 9 ft. 
long; and those sent to us by Mr. Masters, under the name of the 
American elm, which he considers as a synonyme to the Hunting- 
don elm, were about the same length. We also observed that the 
shoots of U. campéstris 4lba Masters, and of U. c. acutifolia Mas- 
ters, strongly resemble those of the Huntingdon elm. The tree 
marked as the Huntingdon elm in the Horticultural Society’s Gar- 
den was, in 1834, 35 ft. high, after being 10 years planted. 
¥ U. (m.) g. 3 var. The Scampston Elm. — The earliest notice which 
we can find of this tree is in the Agricultural Report for the County 
of Durham, published in 1810; and in which it is said that the 
Scampston elm comes from a place of that name in Yorkshire, but 
is supposed to be originally from America. It is said to be a plant 
of wonderfully quick growth, having made shoots from grafts, in one 
year, of 5 ft. or 6 ft. in length. From the tree bearing this name in 
the Horticultural Society’s Garden, which, in 1834, was 18 ft. high, 
after being 8 years planted, it is clearly some variety of U. glabra, 
and very little different from the species. 
¥ U. (m.) g. 4 major, U. glabra major Hort. Dur., the Canterbury Seedling, 
is of more vigorous growth than the species, and, indeed, is a rival 
to U. americana and the Huntingdon elm, in quickness of growth. 
