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Mobberley. 



upon with thankful satisfaction, since it is by the contem- 

 plation of the simple and " common," in no degree less 

 than by that of the rare and distant, that the mind itself 

 grows in power and altitude. 



These elms are not of the kind so frequent in the 

 neighbourhood of Manchester under the name of the 

 wych elm, a " weeping" variety of which is seen almost 

 everywhere in gardens. They are the " small-leaved " or 

 London elm, with ourselves a comparatively scarce tree, 

 though the predominant kind in the south, where the 

 wych elm is the exception instead of the rule. 



FIG. 13. 

 Leaf of Elm-tree. 



FIG. 14. 

 Clustered fruits of Elm-tree. 



Whatever the sort, elms are at once recognised by 

 their curious leaves, the blade coming down lower upon 

 one side than upon the other, and upon the right-hand 

 side or the left, according to the position of the leaf upon 

 the branch. This is somewhat similar to the structure 



