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wedge-shaped at the base, smooth above, 

 smooth or glandular below. Fruit obovate, 

 naked, deeply cloven. Smooth-leaved elm. 

 Native of Britain. 



In its native country this grows from sixty 

 to eighty feet high, but the specimens I have 

 fallen in with here are all small. It thrives 

 in similar situations to No. 2. 



The Huntingdon, U. G. Qegeta of Loudon, 

 is also in our collections, as well as the varie 

 gated leaved. 



5. U. MONTANA, Bauhin. Leaves obovate, 

 cuspidate, wedge-shaped at the base, coarsely 

 and doubly serrate, very scabrous above, 

 downy beneath. Fruit rhomboid oblong, 

 naked, scarcely cloven. Mountain or wych 

 elm. Native of Britain. 



This has not been extensively cultivated 

 here, but will probably prove one of the most 

 desirable of trees. Its dark, ample foliage, 

 and vigorous growth, are amongst the traits 

 of character which commend it. It thrives 

 best in a cool, deep, and rich loam, and is 

 propagated like the rest. The Exeter elm, a 

 variety with very upright growing branches 



