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n.MA'CE.Ii. ?/LMUS. 



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crooks nearly equal in largeness to the bole of the tree. This tree affonls a very great natural 

 Kuriositv to theeve of a lover of trees. {Fur. Guide, p. 39i.) , , , ,. ^ <■ .^ 



Statistics of existing Trees In England. At Muswell Hill, it is 8j ft. high, the diameter of the 

 trunk.3ft., andof thehead 45 ft. In Hampshire, at Alresfoid, 81 years planted, ;t is /2 ft. high, 

 diameter of the trunk i ft. 5 in., and of the head 36 ft. In the Isle of Wight, in Wilkins's >i ursery, 

 it is 25 ft high. In Somersetshire, at Nettlecombe, 40 years planted, it is 6.t ft. high, the diameter 

 of the trunk 1 ft 11 in , and of the head 2t; ft. In Surrey, at Farnham Castle, it is 80 ft. high, diameter 



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In Worcestershire, at C'roome, 70 years planted, it is 70 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 4 ft., and of the 



head 28 ft.; at Hagloy, 10 years planted, it is 14 ft. high. In Yorkshire, at Grimstone, 12, years 



planted, it is 24 ft. higii. , . , „„ ,..,•..■ ,on. 



U viontuna ill Scotland. In the Horticultural Garden, Inverlcith, 29 years planted, it is IS ft. 



high ; at Hopetouii House, lUO years planted, it is 60 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 4 ft., and of the 



head 51 ft. In Clackmannanshire, in the garden of the Dollar Insti- ■" - 



tution, 12 years planted, it is 30ft. high, diameter of the trunk 1 ft., 



and of the" head 24 ft. In Lanarkshire, at Pollock, are some very 



large wych elms, one of which figured by Strutt in 1812 was then 



86 ft. high, but in October, 1839, it was again measured for this work, 



and was found 90ft. high, the diameter of the trunk nearly 4ft., 



at 5 ft. from the ground. There are three other elms at Pollock nearly 



as large; and one wliich is reported to have been planted by Sir 

 Thomas Maxwell, lord advocate of William III,, and one of the 



commissioners of tlie union, and which must consequently be up- 

 wards of 180 years old. In Perthshire, at Kinfauns Ca.stle, it is 



70 ft. high, diameter of the trunk fij ft., and of the head 60 ft. A 

 sketch of this tree was sent us by Mr. Robertson, gardener at Kin- 

 fauns Castle, of which Jig. 1244. is an engraving, reduced to the 

 scale of 1 in. to 50 ft. In Stirlingshire, at Airthrey Castle, it is 63 ft. ■ 

 high, diameter of the trunk 4 ft., and of the head 48 ft. ; at Callender ' 

 Park, it is 46 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 5 ft., and of the 

 head 66 ft. 



V. montana in Ireland. In Cork, at Castle Freke, it is SO ft. high, 

 diameter of the trunk 1 ft. Sin., and of the head .32ft. In Louth, near Mansfiehlstown, at Bawn, 

 a tree planted to commemorate the birth of the grandfather of the present proprietor, and which is 

 considered to be of about 120 years' growth, is 70 ft. high ; the diameter of the trunk at the base 9 ft. 

 8 in., at 6 ft. from the ground 5 ft. 4 in., and the diameter of the head 90 ft. 



Commercial Slali.stics. Plants, in the London nurseries, are, seedlings 5.v. 

 per tiionsand ; transplanted seedlings, from I ft. to 2 ft. high, 15.9. per thou- 

 sand ; from 2 ft. to 3 ft. high, 25.?. per thousand ; from 4 ft. to G ft. high, 50*. 

 per thousand. At BolhwUer, large plants are 1 franc each ; and at New 

 York, they are 5 cents each. 



* 7. U. (m.) gla^bra Mi//. The smooth-/eatv(l, or Wyc/i, Elm. 



Identification. Mill. Diet., ed. 8., No. 4. ; CuUum, 97. ; Engl. Bot., t. 2248. ; .Sm. Engl. Fl.,2. p. 23. ; 



Hook. Br. Fl., p. 142. ; Lindl. Synop., p. 226. ; Mackay Fl. Hihern., pt. 1. p. 241. 

 Synont/mes. t7. mont;\na /3 Fl. Br.,M'&i. ; Hull.,ed. 2., 7.5., U. f61io gUbro Gcr. F.mac, 1481. f., 



Rati Syn., 469. ; U. campestris var. 3. With. 279. ; the feathered Elm. 

 Engravings. Engl. Bot., t. 2248. ; Ger. Emac, 1481. f. ; and out Jig. 1245. 



Spec. C/iar., Sfc. Leaves elliptic-ohlong, doubly serrated, smooth. Flowers 

 nearly sessile, 5-cleft. Samara obovate, naked, deeiily cloven. (S))iit/i.) 

 A tall elegant tree, with spreading, rather drooping, smooth, blackish 

 branches, scarcely downy in their earliest stage of growth. 

 Leaves smaller than any of the preceding (except U. cam- 

 pestris), as well as more oblong ; strongly serrated, very 

 unequal at the base, not elongated at the extremity ; their 

 substance firm, or rather rigid ; the surface of both sides 

 very smooth to the touch, and without any hairs beneath, 

 except the axillary pubescence of the ribs, which often 

 forms a narrow downy line along the midrib. Flowers . 

 nearly sessile, with 5 short, bluntish, fringed segments, 

 and as many longish stamens ; the anthers of which are 

 roundish heart-shaped. Samara smaller than most other 

 species, obovate, cloven dow-n to the seed, smooth, often 

 reddish. A native of Britain, chiefly in England, in 

 woods and hedges ; and forming the most common elm 

 in some parts of Essex. It bears seeds in nearly as great abundance as U. 

 montana, and it does not throw up suckers ; which convinces us that it is 

 only a varietj'of that species. The propagation, culture, &:c., of [J. glabra 

 and its varieties are the same as in the preceding sort; but, to preserve the 

 latter distinct, they ought to be grafted. 



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