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THE ELM. 



ULMUS CAMPESTRIS. PL 4. 



Fructification. Flowers in clufters, each 

 having about five chives, fucceeded 

 by an oval bordered capfule, con' 

 taining a {ingle roundifh flattened 

 feed. 



Specific character. Leaves doubly ferrated, 

 unequal at the bafe. Bark of the trunk 

 cracked and wrinkled. 



THE common elm is a large timber- 

 tree of great beauty and ufe. It grows 

 to a great height, and at the fame time, if 

 permitted, throws out expanded arms, fo as 

 to cover a large extent with its (hade. 

 Hence it is often planted fingly or a few to- 

 gether in village greens, where it affords 

 both a majeftic object, and a pleafant fum- 

 mer fhelter. The elm is however often 

 feen trained to a vaft height with a lingle 



naked 



