JANUARY. 



15 



and air, divides near the bottom, into several leading 

 branches, which continue to grow upward to a great length, 

 dividing and subdividing into many Smaller ramifications, 

 which pursue the same upward direction, gradually spread- 

 ing outwards, which gives the tree a broad and some- 

 what flattened top, while all the other trees are conical 

 or rounded. In the forest, the elm is the most lofty of 



ELM ( Ulmtis Americana) in the forest. 



