Trees and How to Know Them 



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THE AMERICAN ELM - GRACEFUL SHADE TREE 



Many trees derive their graceful charm from their foliage, but the American elm is 

 lovely for its shape as well. Its lower branches sweep upward and bend at the ends; 

 the higher branches form a rounded top with a multitude of slender twigs. This 

 arrangement gives the elm an attractive vaselike outline. 



wagons, floors that must take considerable punishment, and chop- 

 ping boards and bowls. The more this wood is scrubbed, the more 

 it shines. 



Some Other Elms: The American elm, sometimes also called the 

 white elm, grows naturally on low, fertile hills and river bottom 

 lands. Of the other species of elm native to America, the slippery 

 elm is next in importance. It rather resembles its larger relative 

 but lacks its graceful symmetry. The whitish inner bark of the 



