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The Elms. 



the ordinary situations where the elm is planted, and where it gen- 

 erally suffers from insufficiency of root moisture, the European elm 

 is immeasurably its superior in rapidity of growth, length of life, 

 and general thriftiness. The fact that the European is fully a 



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134. Ulmus campestris English Elm. 



month longer in leaf than the American elm, that its tougher 

 leaves would seem to offer a less appetizing food to the canker-worm, 

 the greatest enemy to the American elm in New England, and its 

 adaptability to all situations are strong arguments in favor of giv- 

 ing the preference to the former for general cultivation. Its 



