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CHAPTER VI. 



DECIDUOUS TREES AND SHRUBS. 



The term deciduous is apj^lied to those trees and shrubs, 

 the leaves of which fall in autumn, and is used in contra- 

 distinction to evergreen, or persistent. 



THE ELai. Ulmus. A. C. 



The Elms in their different species afford much diver- 

 sity, and as they grow readily in almost any soil and situa- 

 tion, they almost without exception give great satisfac- 

 tion to planters. 



The AmericajsT White or Weeping Elm {Ulmus 

 Americana). — A well-known tree with spreading, curv- 

 ing, pendant branches, and of stately, picturesque ap|)ear- 

 ance. Where space admits, it is one of the best street 

 trees, because of its inclination to form a long trunk. A, 



The English Elm ( U. campestris), with its numerous 

 varieties, forms a valuable section. The normal form is 

 tall and irregular in shape, its branches leaving the trunk 

 almost horizontally. Leaves smaller and more regularly 

 cut than those of the American, A. Berard's English 

 Elm (var. Berardi) is a miniature tree, slender and pyra- 

 midal in habit, with distinctly cut leaves, B. Clem- 

 mer's English Elm (var. Clemmeri) differs but little from 

 the type ; of rapid growth, A. Webb's Curled-leaved 

 English Elm (var. crispa) is dwarfish, with curled leaves; 

 distinct, B. 



Some of the varieties of the English Elm incline to a 

 pendulous habit, such as the Weeping Small-leaved Eng- 

 lish Elm (var. microjjJiylla pendula), a charming tree for 

 small lawns, if grafted at six or eight feet high, C. 

 The common Cork-barked English Elm (var. suberosa) 

 is a desirable tree. Weeping Cork-barked English Elm 



