Handbook of Trees of the Northern States and Canada. 1S3 



The Wliite Elm is one of the largest trees 

 of the Atlantii- States, freciueiitly attaining 

 the height of 100 or 125 ft. witli a trunk G to 

 10 ft. in diameter. These large trunks are 

 widely buttressed at base and in the forest 

 usually columnar and undivided to the height 

 of 30-00 ft. or more. Its beautiful form when 

 growing in the open field is a familiar and 

 beloved feature of almost every landscape of 

 New England and the Northern States. These 

 trees usually divide within 20 or .SO ft. from 

 the ground into few large branches, which rise 

 u|)war(l. ramify and curve gracefully outward, 

 forming a broad rounded or Hat top with more 

 or less drooping branchlets. The trunk and 

 large limbs are often fringed to tlie ground 

 with short contorted branches. It inhabits 

 naturally moist bottom-lands and the borders 

 of streams. 



The wood when absolutely dry weighs 40.56 



pounds per cubic foot, is strong, tough and 



difficult to split, and is a favorite timl)er for 



wagon making, particularly tlie hubs of wheels. 



and for saddle-trees, tool-handles, etc.i 



LravcH oval to oblong-obovate. rounded or honrt- 

 phaped on one .side at Ijase and short or wcd','i'- 

 shai)ed ou the other, abruptly acuminate at api'x. 

 doubly serrate, dark green and smooth or ncai-lv 

 so above, paler beneath. Flowers . before th'c 

 leaves, in fascicles, with slender drooping .iointed 

 pedicels ; calyx with 7-0 short rounded lobes ; 

 ovary and styles light green. Fruit, ripening as 

 the leaves unfold, an oval-obovate samara short 

 stipitate, glabrous with ciliate margins. - 



1. A. w., II, ;{:i. 



2. For genus see p. V.Vi. 



