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nu\y be called the silver-leaved elm, has the leaves striped with white, 



and, in spring, is very ornamental. 

 "* U. c. 11 betukefolia. U. Aetulasfolia Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. Leaves 



somewhat resembling those of the common birch. 

 % U. c. 12 vimindlis Hort. Dur. p. 66. U. viminalis Lodd. Cat. ed. 



1836. (The plate in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., vol. vii.) Small leaves, 



and numerous slender twig-like branches. It is a very distinct and 



elegant variety ; and easily recognised, either in summer or winter. 



Raised, in 181 7, by Mr. Masters. 

 U. c. 13 parvifolia. U. parvifolia Jac. PI. 



Rar. Hort. Schcenbr. iii. p. 261. t. 262.; U. 



microphylla Pers. ; U. pumila var. (3 (transbai- 



cale'nsis) Pall. Ross. i. p. 76. t. 48.; U. pumila 



Willd.Sp.PL i.p. 1326.; U. p. foliis parvis, &c. 



Pluk. Aim. p. 293. ; U, humilis Enum. Stirp. 



Ruth. p. 180. No. 260. (Our/g. 1392.) 



A tree, according to Pallas, who mentions 



several varieties of it, very common in all 



the woods of the South of Russia, and vary- 

 ing in height from that of a middle-sized tree 



to that of a diminutive shrub, according to 



the soil and climate in which it grows. 

 *t U. c. \ planifolia. U. planifolia Hort. (The 



plate of this tree in Arb. Brit., 1st edit., 



vol. vii.) A handsome small tree, closely 



resembling the preceding variety. 1392 ' * c " parvlf6Ua ' 



* U. c. 15 chinensis. U. chinensis Pers. i. p. 291. No. 9., Ream, et Schult. 



Syst. Veg. vi. p. 303. ; The de 1'Abbe Gallois, Orme nain, Fr. ; 



(Our Jig. 1393.) A low bush, introduced from 



China, but when is uncertain. Rather tender. 



Horticultural Society's Garden. 

 *t U. c. 16 cucullata Hort. Leaves curiously curved, 



something like a hood. Hort. Soc. Garden. 

 If U. c. 17 concavesfoKa Hort. Resembles the preceding 



kind. Hort. Soc. Garden. 

 U. c. 18 foliis aureis Hort. Leaves variegated with 



yellow. 

 3f U. c. 19 nana Hort. A very distinct variety, said not 



to grow above 2 ft. high in ten or twelve years. Hort. 



Society's Garden. 



Other Varieties. In Messrs. Loddiges's Catalogue, ed. 1836, 

 U. c. foliis maculdtis, U. dubia, U. viscosa, and some others, are 

 enumerated, and in our first edition twelve French varieties i 393 . v . c . 

 are described, to which might be added, the Orme peduncule 

 of the French, which appears to be our U'lmus effusa, though we have doubts 

 on this subject. 



The common English elm is, perhaps, more frequently to be found in the 

 parks and pleasure-grounds of the English nobility and gentry, than any other 

 tree, except the oak. It is of a tall upright habit of growth, with a straight 

 trunk, 4 or 5 feet in diameter when fully grown, and attaining the height of 

 60 or 70 feet or upwards. The wood loses a great deal in drying : weighing, 

 when green, nearly 70 Ib. the cubic foot; and, when dry, not more than 

 48i Ib. It is of a brownish colour, and is hard and fine-grained. It possesses 

 greater lateral adhesion, and less longitudinal toughness, than that of U. 

 montana, and, consequently, does not crack so much as that sort in drying. 

 In ship-building it is valuable for forming the blocks and dead eyes, and other 

 wooden furniture of rigging, being particularly suitable for these purposes, 

 from its hard and adhesive nature, and indisposition to crack or split when 



