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Beauty in them •■, for their Flowers 

 (which are produced in September) 

 are very fmall, and of a greenifh 

 Colour, £o that unlefs a Perfon 

 iearch for them, they may efcape 

 the Sight, being always fituate 

 amongft the Leaves. 



Thefe Flowers are fucceeded by 

 fmall red Fruit, which ripen in 

 Winter, after th: Leaves are fallen 

 off, fo are more vilible than the 

 Fioweis. This Fruit is not u(cd in 

 its native Country, it having very 

 little Tafte, and being fo very fmall, 

 can't be worth the Trouble of ga- 

 thering. I fuppofe this Shrub had 

 the Name of St. Teter's-wort im- 

 pos'd on it before it produced either 

 Flowers or Fruit in Enghnd., from 

 the Refemblance which the Leaves 

 of it have to thole of Afcyron, or 

 St. Peter's-wort i for in other re- 

 fpetts it differs widely from the 

 Charafters of that Genus. 



VITIS SYLVESTRISi -vide Cle- 

 matitis. 



ULMUS: The Elm-Tree. 

 The Characlers arcj 



Thi FloTver cor/ijh of one Leaf, 

 which is f;ap'd like a Bell, halving 

 many Stamina (or Threads) in the 

 Center ; from the Bottom arifes the 

 Fointal, which afterwards becomes a 

 membranaceous or leafy Fruit, almoft 

 Heart -fJjap'd, in the Middle of -which 

 is placed a Tear-fnafd Seed-Vejfel, 

 contaming one Seed, for the mofi part 

 of the fame Shape. 

 The Species arcj 



1. Ulmu5;5 'vulgatijfma, foUolato 

 fcabro, Ger. Emac. The common 

 rough-leav'd Elm. 



z. ULMusi folio latifjimo fcabro. 

 Ger, Emac. The Witch- Hazel, or 

 broad-lcav'd Elm, by fome unskil- 

 ful Perfons called the Britifli Elm. 



2. Ulmusj minor, folio angufio 

 fca-,ro, Ger. Emac, The fmall-L.av'd 

 ^•'Englifli Elm» 



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4. Ulmus i folio, glabra. Gef. 

 Emac. The fmooth-leav'd, or 

 Witch-Elm. 



5". Ulmus; major Hollandica,an^ 

 gufliis i& magis acuminatis f am arris ^ 

 folio latifjimo fcabro, Vluk. Aim. 

 The Dutch Elm. 



6. Ulmus ; minor, folio angufio 

 fcabro, elegantiffme variegato. The 



Englifh Elm with beautiful flrip'd 

 Leaves. 



7. Ulmus -, folio glabra eleganter 

 variegato. The Witch-Elm with 

 ftrip'd Leaves. 



8. Ulmus i minor foliis flavefcen- 

 tibus. The yellow-leav'd Elm. 



9. Ulmus; m.ajor Hollandica,an~ 

 gujlis ^ 7nagis acuminatis fa?narrisy 

 folio latifjimo fcabro, eleganter va^ 

 riegato. The Dutch Elm with fl:rip'4 

 Leaves. 



The four firft-mention'd Sorts are 

 very common in divers Parts of 

 E-agland, though it is generally be- 

 licv'd neither of 'cm were origi- 

 nally Natives ot this Country ; but 

 however that be, they have propa-^ 

 gated themlelves by Seeds and Suck- 

 ers which have arofe from the 

 Roots ot old Trees, in fuch Plenty, 

 as hardly to be rooted out, where 

 they have long had Pofl.efilon,efpe- 

 cially in Hedge Rows, where there 

 is Harbour for their Roots, which, 

 when left undifturb'd, will fend 

 forth a frcfli Parcel of young Plants 

 annually, from wliencc the People 

 who iLipply the Nurfery-men dq 



gather them. 



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The tiFth Sort is equally hardy^ 

 and almoft as common in England 

 as either of the former ; this is 

 pretty quick of Growth while 

 young, and v/i)l outftrip the com- 

 mon Engliffj Elm for feveral Years; 

 but after twenty or thirty Years 

 Growth, the Englifij Elm will get 

 the better every Year, and the 

 Timber thereof being much prc- 



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