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Subsequent management. The elm is of rapid growth, a plant 

 having obtained a height of ten feet in six years. 



6. Elm : Wych, Scotch or Mountain (Ulmus montana}. 



Fig. 16. 



WYCH ELM 

 (Ulmus montana). 



This elm resembles the preceding species. It is, however, of a 

 more sturdy and robust nature, with larger leaves, and a more 

 compact habit. 



Naturally it has a more northerly range than the English elm, 

 and is capable of growing at greater heights and on poorer soil, in 

 which localities it produces better timber than the latter. 



When grown under congenial conditions, however, the timber 

 of the English species is preferred. 



Plantations are formed by seedlings and layers. 



The seed should be sown in June as soon as ripe, and the 

 seedlings left until the following spring, when, as growth is vigorous, 

 they should be ready to place in the nursery lines, which should be 

 i ft. 6 in. apart. For other details, see the preceding species. 



j. Lime (Tilia Europcea). 



General. This species is of very small account in sylviculture, 

 but it is valued from an arboricultural point of view, its symmetry of 

 form giving it a position amongst avenue trees. The bark produces 



