CONVERSATION VIII. 



Uncle Philip and his little Friends continue 

 their Conversation about Trees; he tells 

 them of the different kinds of Elm, and 

 Lime, and of the numerous Family of the 

 Pines ; and of a vast Trough that was made 

 once in Switzerland, reaching from the top 

 of a Mountain to a Lake nine miles dis- 

 tant. 



" UNCLE PHILIP, we have come to claim 

 your promise about the elms, if you please." 



" Certainly, my dear children ; you know 

 that nothing pleases me more than telling you 

 whatever I know that is useful. In Europe, the 

 elm is considered one of the most valuable 

 trees of the forest : second only to the oak, 

 which it almost equals in size. In France, 

 there are a few very old elms that were planted 

 nearly three hundred years ago, and are now 

 nearly ten feet thick, and a hundred feet high ; 

 but these are uncommonly large. The general 



