HlmUS ;^mcrirana. Natural Order: UlmacecE—Elm Family. 





XE of the most beautiful trees in the United States is the 

 Vmerican Elm. Nothing can surpass the exquisite beauty of 

 u^ long, pendulous branches, that hang from its ample crown 

 lik(.' brown threads strung with dark-green leaves. The trunk 

 li'-e-; erect to a considerable height, whence it stretches upward 

 innumerable arms to sustain the wealth of foliage whose shadow 

 '-./si"' '"''^ '^'^ i-'Hiicing on the grass beneath. Clusters of smaller twigs adorn 

 ^■^^^^l|0^'^^" ^°*^>' "'^ ^'^ ^'■*^*^' where they sway with all the grace of an ostrich 

 Y''lt^ P^"'"^'' catching the slightest motion of the toying breeze, as if the 

 •j^'i-<-:;P sun and air filled them with an ecstatic joy. The Elm thrives best 

 ■iilk.-^ '" '""'^'^ '^"*^®' particularly lowland pastures, where it makes a rapid 



n / \V_) growth. It has been much used around the sequestered homes of 

 New England, and the effect has been most picturesque. 



r\ HEAVEN, he cried, my bleeding country save! 



Is there no hand on high to shield the brave.' 

 Yet though desti-uction sweep those lovely plains, 

 Rise, fellow-men! our country yet remains! -Ca^,pMl. 



O NATCH from the ashes of your sires T^HE sword may pierce the bearer, 



The embers of their former fires, •»- Stone walls in time may sever; 



And he who in the strife expires 'Tis heart alone, 



Will add to theirs a name of fear W'orth steel and stone, 



That tyranny shall quake to hear. That keeps man free forever! 



-Byron. -Moore. 



JUDGE me not ungentle, 

 •J Of manners rude, and insolent of speech, 

 If when the public safety is in question. 

 My zeal flows warm and eager from my tongue. 



TTE who maintains his countrv's laws 



Alone is great; or he who dies in the good cause. 



— Sir A. HuiH. 



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