THE ELM. l^ 



tice of training it without branches to a 

 tall ftraight trunk, which may admit of 

 boring in long pieces. It is likewife ufed 

 for axle trees, naves, gate-pods and rails, 

 floors, dreflers, blocks, &c. and it is very 

 fit for the carved and ornamental works be- 

 longing to architecture. 



There are feveral varieties of the elm, 

 differing in the roughnefs and fmoothnefs 

 of their leaves, and manner of growth. A 

 dwarf kind is employed for making tall 

 hedges or fcreens in gardens or nurfery, 

 grounds. 



A diftincl fpecies of elm, growing moftly 

 in the North of England, and Scotland, is 

 that called the Wych hazel (Ulmus mon- 

 tana) from the refemblance of its leaves to 

 thofe of the hazel. It is fmaller and more 

 branchy than the common elm j its boughs 

 are more depending, and its leaves and 

 feeds much bigger. 



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