The American Elm 



THE American elm, with its lofty spreading 

 crown rising above a large, straight trunk, is one 

 of the most beautiful shade trees that we have. 

 Often its trunk is six feet in thickness, and some- 

 times it grows to be over a hundred feet high. 

 Far above the ground the trunk divides into a 

 few large branches, which turn up and out, giv- 

 ing to the elm a shape much like a vase. 



Its dark green, oval leaves are from three to 

 five inches long and about half as broad. They 

 are double -toothed at the edge, with little teeth 

 upon the larger ones. At the base one side is 

 shorter than the other. Some leaves have curved 



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