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Ulmus campestris. ELM. 



A leaf-shedder. Most easily raised from suckers. In 

 the S. W. districts it grows nearly as fast as the Oak, and 

 furnishes a useful shade tree. It is also a good tree for 

 the Karoo where it stands great heat, frost, and a certain 

 amount of drought. Wood second-rate, white, close grained 

 and useful for planks. This is the common hedge row tree 

 " the endless Elm of England/' 



