inter buds 



B. Fruit A. Flowers not fully open 



THE AMERICAN ELM {Ulmus Americana) 



The leaf is unsymmetrical at the base, and has strong parallel ribs. The winter twigs show plump, blunt flower buds, 

 rger than the slim, pointed leaf buds. In March the flowers appear, giving tlie hare tree top a warm, purplish colour. The pale- 

 ecn seeds dangle in profuse clusterE in Mav, falling before the leaves are full grown. Each seed has a circular wing with two 

 curving hooks at the top. Elm lumber is hard, tough, heavy and cross-grained. The bark is grey and divided by deep furrows 

 to scaly ridges 



