TREES IN NATURE 69 



here almost a description of Constable s picture, 

 ''The Cornfield". 



Another name for the wych elm is moun- 

 tain elm, but it is not in fact found at higher 

 altitudes in this country than the common elm 

 of which the Latin name is Ulmus Canipestris. 

 Both of them thrive best in the valleys. The 

 wych elm is indigenous ; the common elm 

 came in with the Romans ; so has more right 

 than most of us to be regarded as a native. 



Three varieties of the lime-tree are grown 

 in this country, their claims to be indigenous 

 being disputable, though the common lime 

 is generally considered to be an importation. 

 The differences between them are of minor 

 importance and need not detain us. In general 

 structure and appearance the lime resembles 

 the elm, like which, though to a less extent, 

 it shows its branches more than many other 

 trees even when in full leaf It has a smoother 

 bark than the elm, and its leaves are of a 

 broader heart shape. Mr. Step rightly says 

 of it: "The large-leaved lime, growing in 

 park-land or meadow, with its roots deep in 

 good light loam, and its head eighty or ninety 

 feet above ... is a thing of beauty, and one 



