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and should be at once gathered and planted, for drying 

 destroys their vitality. It cannot be learned that any effort 

 has been made to grow it for forestry purposes, although 

 one variety the weeping one has been successfully prop- 

 agated for ornamental use. Evidently propagation should be 

 along the same lines as for the White Elm. In the region 

 of its best development it is in no way inferior to the White 

 Elm and in such localities is equally worthy of cultivation. 



CEDAB ELM : Ulmus crassifolia 



THIS Elm is confined in its range to Mississippi, Arkan- 

 sas, and Texas, where it grows to a fair-sized tree, and the 

 wood is said to be substantially the same as that of the 

 other Elms. Little can be learned concerning the tree, and 

 whether it will justify efforts at propagation is entirely 

 conjectural. The only response the author has been able to 

 get to inquiries concerning it is that it " is as good as any 

 other Elm." 



