PI. 204. 



THE CHINESE DRY-LAND ELM IN GEORGIA, ULMUS PUMILA, S. P. I. NO. 22975. 



Specimens of this Chinese elm have attracted attention by their remarkable vigor and apparent 

 adaptation to the severe winters and frequent dry summers of Iowa and the Dakotas, the rainy 

 winters and cool summers of the Puget Sound region, the intense dry heat of the interior valleys of 

 northern California, and the humid subtropical summer climate of the Gulf States. The tree illus- 

 trated has had five growing seasons from a small cutting and is now 27 feet tall and has a trunk 

 circumference of 18 inches three feet from the ground. It stands on the place of J. B. Wight at 

 Cairo, Ga., in unusually rich barnyard soil. Photographed (P19854FS) by R. A. Young at 

 Cairo, Ga., August 10, 1916. 



