THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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AMERICAN ELM — CLMUS AMERICANA. 



THE AMEEICAN ELM. 



"Wk have the pleasure of presenting our readers, 

 this month, a beautiful engraving of a fine specimen 

 of the American Elm, growing on the grounds of 

 W. F. CoGGS-wELL, Esq., of this city. It is one of 

 the few trees of the original forest which escaped 

 the axe of the pioneer settler, and is a standing 

 monument of the folly of that indiscriminate 

 slaughter which, though hardly to he wondered at, 

 is much to be regretted. 



A full grown American Elm is, to us, one of the 

 handsomest of deciduous trees. Its pendulous, 

 graceful branches, surmounting a tall and massive 

 txunk, present a combination of strength and beauty 

 to be found in no other tree. Every tree has its 

 OisvD peculiar attractions. An old English Oak, 



"Whose bonehs are mossed with age, 

 And high top bald with dry antiquity," 



is an object of veneration. In many quiet English 

 villages, there are magnificent specimens of the Oak, 



" Jove's own tree, 



That holds the woods in awful sovereignty," 



which challenge the admiration of all beholders. 



"Thy a:uardian Oaks, 



My country, .nre thy boast — a giant race, 

 And undegenerate still." 



But nevertheless, taking it all in all, a good speci- 

 men of the American Elm is our favorite tree. 



The Elm has a wide range of habitat. Hooker 

 found it from Saskatchawan to York Factory, on 

 Hudson's Bay. The younger Michatjx traced it 

 from Nova Scotia to Georgia. It grows on almost 

 any soil, but succeeds best on rich moist land. 



