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Scotch Elm will not thrive on many soils where it would do very 
well if raised from suckers or layers of the English Elm. (1) 
In bad soils he advises that it should be grafted on the “ corky 
Elm” Ulmus Suberosa, a variety of the English Elm which thrives 
on soil of inferior land and strong clays. 
As has already been mentioned the Elm timber is not used for 
many purposes for which it was formerly considered essential. 
_ Further, it has gone out of fashion. | We no longer see avenues 
of Elm trees planted. In the grounds about houses, evergreen 
trees chiefly of the Pine tribe are now those for the most part 
substituted. 
It is possible that there are some persons who admire a monkey 
puzzle (Araucaria Imbricata) more than a fine Elm tree as we 
see so many planted, though I cannot understand the feeling. 
But when the Elm disappears will the country be left devoid of 
trees ? 
Perhaps I am travelling rather away from my subject, as I 
suppose that the imported timber I am about to speak of is pine, 
not Elm, but it would be curious if the pine, which was driven 
out of our neighbourhood by the Elm, should again cover our 
hills, driving out the Elm. The land, in consequence of Free 
Trade, can now be got at a low price, either to buy or rent, and 
Sir H. Maxwell thinks that the growing of timber might be made 
profitable if it was conducted on strictly business principles. 
In his most interesting article on Forestry in the October 
number of the “ Nineteenth Century,” he states that we imported 
in 1899 upwards of 21 millions worth of timber, and that there 
is no reason why the whole of this should not have been grown on 
British soil. He adds that if this were done we should find 
employment in the country for those agricultural labourers now 
crowding into the town. He adds that where a single shepherd 
now suffices, eight or ten men will find employment, an employ- 
ment which is always attractive and healthy, that of forestry. 
(1) ‘*Selby’s British Forest Trees,” p. 111. 
