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crooks nearly equal in largeness to the bole of the tree. This tree affords a very great natural 

 curiosity to the eve of a lover of trees. (Fur. Ut/idc, p. 392.) 



NtHtistfcs of eristin" Trees In England. At Muswell Hill, it is 85 ft. high, the diameter of the 

 trunk,] ft and of the head 4511. In Hampshire, at Alresford, 81 years planted, it is 72 ft. high, 

 diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 5 in., and of the head 36 ft. In the Isle of Wight, in Wilkins's Nursery, 

 it is '25ft. high. In Somersetshire, at Nettlecombe, 40 years planted, it is (if) ft. high, the diameter 

 of the trunk 1 ft. 11 in , and of the head 26ft In Surrey, at Farnham Castle, it is 80 ft. high, diameter 

 of the trunk '.'ft. 4 in., and of the head 86ft. ; at St. Anne's Hill, it is 70 ft. high, diameter of trunk 4 ft., 

 and of the head 9!> ft In Bedfordshire, at Woburn Abbey, is one with a trunk 6| ft., and the diameter 

 of the head 1)2 ft. In Monmouthsliire.at Dowhiis House," 20 yearsold, it is 30 ft. high. In Oxfordshire, 

 in the Oxford Botanic Garden, it is 100 tl. high, diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 10 in., and(of the head 120ft. 

 In Worcestershire, at Croome, 70 years planted, it is "0 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 4ft., and of the 

 head 28ft.; at Hagley, 10 years "planted, it is 14ft. high. In Yorkshire, at Grimstone, 12. years 

 planted, it is 24 ft. high. 



U. montuna in Scotland. In the Horticultural Garden, Inverleith, ?9 years planted, it is 18ft. 

 high ; at Hopetoun House, 100 years planted, it is 60 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 4 ft., and of thi. 

 head 51 ft. In Clackmannanshire, in the garden of the Dollar I nsti- .oJ3teflLifl5 



tution, 12 years planted, it is 30ft. high, diameter of the trunk 1 ft., 

 and of the" head 24ft. In Lanarkshire, at Pollock, are some very 

 large wych elms, one of which figured by Strutt in 1812 was then 

 86ft. high, but in October, 1839, it was again measured for this work, 

 and was found 90ft. high, the diameter of the trunk nearly 4ft., 

 at 5 ft. from the ground. There are three other elms at Pollock nearly 

 as large; and one which is reported to have been planted by Sir 

 Thomas Maxwell, lord advocate of William III., and one of the 

 commissioners of the union, and which must consequently be up- 

 wards of 180 years old. In Perthshire, at Kinfauns Castle, it is 

 70ft high, diameter of the trunk 6J ft, and of the head 60ft A 

 sketch of this tree was sent us by Mr. Robertson, gardener at Kin- 

 fauns Castle, of which fig. 1244. is an engraving, reduced to the 

 scale of 1 in. to 50 ft. In Stirlingshire, at Airthrey Castle, it is 63ft. 

 high, diameter of the trunk 4 ft, and of the head 48 ft. ; at Callender 

 Park, it is 46 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 5 ft, and of the 

 head 66 ft. 



U. mant.ana in Ireland. In Cork, at Castle Freke, it is 50 ft. high, 

 diameter of the trunk 1 ft. Sin., and of the head 32ft. In Louth, near 



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Mansfieldstown, at Bawn, 



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a tree planted to commemorate the birth of the grandfather of the present proprietor, and which is 

 considered to be of about 120 years' growth, is 70 ft high ; the diameter of the trunk at the base 9 ft. 

 8in., at 6 It. from theground 5 ft. 4 in., and the diameter of the head 90 ft. 



Commercial Statistics. Plants, in the London nurseries, are, seedlings 5,s\ 

 per thousand ; transplanted seedlings, from 1 ft. to 2 ft. high, 15s. per thou- 

 sand ; from 2 ft. to 3 ft. high, 25s. per thousand ; from 4 ft. to 6 ft. high, 5().v. 

 per thousand. At Bollwyller, large plants are 1 franc each ; and at New 

 York, they are 5 cents each. 



7. U. (M.) GLA'BRA Mill. The smoot\\-/eaved, or Wycli, Elm. 



Identification. Mill. Diet., ed. 8., No. 4. ; Cullum, 97. ; Engl. Bot t 248 Sm Engl Fl ,2 p. 23. ; 



Hook. Br. FL, p. 142. ; Lindl. Synop., p. 226. ; Mackay Fl. Hibern., pt. 1. p. 241. 

 Synonymei. U. montana/S Fl. Br., 282. ; Hull., ed. 2.," 75., U. fblio glabro Ger. Emac., 1481. f., 



Raii Syn., 469. ; U. campestris var. 3. With. 279. ; the feathered Elm. 

 Engravings. EngL Bot., t. 2248. ; Ger. Emac., 1481. f. ; and our fig. 1245. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves elliptic-oblong, doubly serrated, smooth. Flowers 

 nearly sessile, 5-cleft. Samara obovate, naked, deeply cloven. (Smith.'} 

 A tall elegant tree, with spreading, rather drooping, smooth, blackish 

 branches, scarcely downy in their earliest stage of growth. 

 Leaves smaller than any of the preceding (except U. cam- 

 pe"stris), as well as more oblong ; strongly serrated, very 

 unequal at the base, not elongated at the extremity ; their 

 substance firm, or rather rigid ; the surface of both sides 

 very smooth to the touch, and without any hairs beneath, 

 except the axillary pubescence of the ribs, which often 

 forms a narrow downy line along the midrib. Flowers ^ 

 nearly sessile, with 5 short, bluntish, fringed segments, 

 and as many longish stamens ; the anthers of which are 

 roundish heart-shaped. Samara smaller than most other 

 species, obovate, cloven down to the seed, smooth, often 

 reddish. A native of Britain, chiefly in England, in 

 woods and hedges ; and forming the most common elm 

 in some parts of Essex. It bears seeds in nearly as great abundance as I '. 

 montana, and it does not throw up suckers ; which convinces us that it is 

 only a variety of that species. The propagation, culture, &c., of U. glabra 

 and its varieties are the same as in the preceding sort; but, to preserve the 

 latter distinct, they ought to be grafted. 



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