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hazel, ulmus montana, suspends its flowers on 

 longer peduncles, and more loosely spread 

 out than those of the foregoing elm; and it 

 likewise blossoms when younger than the 

 common sort. The trunk of this kind of elm 

 soon divides into long, wide-spreading, winged 

 branches, but it seldom rises so high as the 

 common elm. This kind is hardy enough to 

 climb the steeps, and flourish in the remotest 

 Highlands of Scotland. 



" The Wich elm," says Mr. Gilpin, in his 

 Forest Scenery, " is perhaps generally more 

 picturesque than the common sort, as it hangs 

 more negligently; though, at the same time, 

 with this negligence, it loses in a good degree 

 that happy surface for catching masses of 

 light, which we admire in the common elm." 



The Dutch elm, ulmus suberosa. This 

 variety was brought from Holland at the 

 beginning of King William's reign. The 

 leaves of this elm are large, but the timber is 

 of a very inferior quality to our common elm. 



Of the American elms cultivated in this 

 country, the Hortus Kewensis notices three 

 varieties; the first of which was introduced 

 or planted by Mr. James Gordon, in 1752, 

 who also cultivated the hornbeam-leaved elm, 

 in 1760, which is also a native of North Ame- 

 rica, as well as the drooping elm, which takes 



