1396 ARBORETUM AND FKUIICKTUM. I'AKT III. 



5f U. (f.) *. 4 erecta Lodd. Cat., cd. 183 has a tall narrow head, re- 

 sembling that of the Cornish elm ; but differing from that tree in 

 having much broader leaves, and a corky biirk. 



\ U. ('.) s. 5 var. The broad-leaved Hertfordshire Elm, Wood, nursery- 

 man at Huntingdon. — The shoots show some tendency to become 

 corky, which, in our opinion, determines this variety to belong to 

 U. (c.) suberosa, rather than to U. montana or U. (m.) glabra. 



i U. (o.) s. 6 var. The narrow-leaved Hertfordshire Elm, Wood. — 

 Leaves and shoots ditfering very little from those of U. campestris. 



Slntislics. The largest trees of U. (c.) subcrbsa, in the environs of London, are at Harapstead, in 

 ditlerent small gardens, and in Kensington Gardens. In Dorsetshire, at Melbury Park, trees, 30 years 

 planted, are 50 ft. high. In I'eaibrokcshire, at Stackpole Court, a tree, 50 years planted, is 40 It. 

 high. In Shropshire, at Kinlet, there is a tree lU2ft. high ; the diameter of the trunk is 56 in., and 

 of the head 55 ft. In .Scotland, in Clackmannanshire, in the garden of the Dollar Institution, a tree, 

 12 years planted, is SOU. high ; the diameter of the trunk 1'2 in., and of the head H ft. In Cromarty, 

 at Coul, it is 28 ft. high ; the diameter of the trunk li ft., and of the head 20 ft. In Forfarshire, at 

 Monboddo, 70 years planted, it is 45 ft. high. In Ireland, near Dublin, in the Glasnevin Botanic 

 Garden, 35 years planted, it is 40 ft. high. In Hanover, at GiJttingen, inl the Botanic Garden, 30 

 years planted, it is GO ft. high. In Bavaria, in the Munich Botanic Garden, 24 years planted, it is 

 soft, high, with a trunk 15 in. in di.imcter. In Austria, near Vienna, at Kopenzel, 24 years planted, 

 it is 18 ft. high. In Prussia, at Berlin, in the Botanic Garden, 14 years planted, it is .'5(1 ft. high ; the 

 diameter of the trunk 15 in., and of the head 9 ft. In Italy, at Monza, 29 years planted, it is 70 ft. 

 high; the diameter of the trunk IJ ft., and of the head 40 ft. 



Commercial Statistics. Price of plants, in the London nurseries, transplanted, 

 3 ft. high, 50a'. per thousand ; at Bollwyller, 1 franc each, and the variegated 

 variety 2 francs ; at New York, 75 cents. 



5 3. U. (c.) ma'jor Smith. The greater, or Dutch cork-barked. Elm. 



Identification. Sm. Engl. Hot., t 2542. ; Sm. Engl. Fl, 2. p. 21. ; Hook. Br. Fl., p. 142. ; Lindl. 



Synops., p.22(;. ; Host Fl. Austr., l.p. 328. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 

 Synonymes. U. hollandica Mill. Did., ed. 8. No. 5. ; U. mijor hollandica, &c., Pluk. Aim., 393. ; U. 



major, amplif.re fblio, fee, Du Ham. Arb., 2. p. 368. ; rilia m^s Matth. /'n/gn, 1. 158. f , Cam. 



Epit., 92. f ; U. latifulia Miclix. N. Amcr. Syl., 3. t. 129. f 2. 

 Engravings. Engl. Bot., t. 2542. ; Cam. Epit., 92. f. : N. Amer. Syl., 3. t 129. f. 2. ; our fig. 1-241. ; 



and the plate of this tree in our last Volume. 



Sj)ec. Char., S^c. Leaves rough, unequally and rather bluntly serrated. 

 Flowers nearly sessile, 4-cleft. Samara obovate, slightly cloven, glabrous. 

 Branches drooping, their bark corky. (Smith.) The branches spread widely, 

 in a droo()ing manner, and their bark is rugged, and ,., 

 much more corky than even the foregoing. Leaves on 

 short thick stalks, larger and more bluntly serrated than 

 the last; rough on both sides, especially beneath ; but 

 the hairy tufts at the origin of each transverse rib are 

 very small. Segments of the calyx short and rounded. 

 Stamens 4. Samara obovate, with a very small rounded 

 sinus, not reaching half so far as the seed. (Id.) This 

 appears to be the kind brought over by William UL 

 from Holland ; which, from its quick growth, was, at 

 first, much used for hedges, and formal rows of clipped 

 trees ; but, when the Dutch taste in gardening declined, 

 the tree was no longer cultivated ; as its wood was 

 found very inferior to that of most other kinds of elm. 

 The elm trees in the old part of Kensington Gardens, 

 near the palace, are of this kind : many of them are upwards of 70 ft. in 

 height ; and a number, which have been blown down in diiferent winters 

 since 18 IG, were constantly found rotten at the heart. The Dutch elm is 

 propagated by layers, and grafting on the U. montana. Price as of the 

 preceding kind. 



5 4. U. carpimfo'lia LindL The Hornbeam-leaved Elm. 



Identification. Lindl. Synop., p. 22G. ; Hook. Brit. Fl., p. 142. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves ovate-acuminatc, coriaceous, strongly veined, simply crenate, serrated, 



slightly oblique and cordate at the base; shining, but rather scabrous .ibove ; smooth beneath. 



Branches bright) brown, and nearly smooth. Samara — i A tree. (I.i/idl.) The locality which 



I,iiidley has quoted for this is : — " Four miles from Stratford on Avon, on the road to Alccstcr." 



We have not seen a plant of this sort. 



