Handbook of Trees of the Northeen States axd Canada. 189 



The Slippery Klin attaii 

 -or 70 ft. with str;uj,'lit ool 

 more than 2 or 3 ft. in d 

 lated the trunk divides vi- 

 feet of the ground into 



.s the height of 60 

 niinar trunk rarely 

 amcter. When iso- 

 iially within a few 

 I few large limbs 



which branch and develop into a graceful 

 hroad-topped head, similar to that of the 

 White Elm. Its larger rougher rugose leaves 

 are features which readily distinguish it. 



It thrives best in the rich soil of bottom- 

 lands and along the banks of streams. Here 

 it is usually associated with the Burr and 

 Swamp White Oaks, Black, Silver, and Re.l 

 Maples, Hackberry, etc., but it is also found, 

 though in smaller stature, on rocky ridges 

 and slopes. Its fragrant mucilaginous inner 

 bark is used in medicine and is also some- 

 what nutricious, a fact which occasionalh' 

 leads to the destruction by boys^ who sometimes 

 literally skin it alive when once its identity 

 is discovered. 



A cubic foot of the absolutely dry wood 

 Aveighs 43.35 lbs. It is tough and strong and 

 ■especially valued for the ribs of small boats 

 and in the manufacture of agricultural imple- 

 ments, for railway ties, etc.^ 



Lcarrs obovate-oblong. from obtuse to siibcord- 

 ate and inequilateral at base, abruptly acuminate 

 at apex, doubly serrate, thick, firm, rugose, darli 

 green and very rough above, pale tomentose be- 

 neath, especially in the axils of the veins ; buds 

 obtuse or rounded, densely rusty tomentose. 

 Floivcrs in crowded spreading fascicles with short 

 pedicels : calyx 7-9-lobed ; stigmas reddish purple. 

 Fruit ripening when the leaves are about hall 

 grown, suborbicular. Vj-% in. long with tomentose 

 ■cell and broad thin glabrous wings. 



1. Vlmus fulva Michx. 



2. A. W., I, 11. 



