The Elms 



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White elm is one of the most generally useful hardwoods in America, and is 

 valued chiefly on account of its strength and toughness. It is mostly used in manu- 

 facturing slack staves, hoops, and heading; furniture, boxes, veneer baskets, 



cheese-boxes, and other veneer products; vehicle stock (especially wagon hubs); 

 framework for agricultural implements and machinery; and hockey sticks. 



ULMUS RACEMOSA, Thomas ROCK ELM 



Common names: Rock elm, cork elm, hickory elm, cork -barked 



elm, white elm*. 

 French name: Orme liege. 



The rock elm averages 50 to 60 ft. in height and about 2 ft. in diameter. The 

 trunk is slender and erect, and the branches, coming off at a wider angle from all 

 sides than those of the white or red elms, form a somewhat round-topped crown. 



Its general shaggy appearance, and the fact that even the small branchlets 

 and twigs have corky ridges growing from their sides, render this tree unmistakable 

 for the other elms. 



The winter buds are somewhat larger and narrower than those of the white 

 elm and the leaves are on the whole smaller. Like the leav3S of all elms they are 

 unequal at the base. 



The wing of the fruit is hairy. The seeds are greater in proportion to the size 

 of the wing than those of other elms. 



