APRIL 201 



The story is, that the parent came origiually from a twig 

 carried by a young native, who, in his anxiety to bring 

 the good news of the victory of Morat back to Freiburg, 

 forgot his wounds and weakness. He had only the 

 strength to gasp out, "Victory," before he died. This 

 same story is paraphrased from Euripides by Browning 

 in the " Dramatic Idylls." 



An old tree in Germany has given its name to the 

 town. No one knows its age, but its trunk is nearly 

 sixty feet in circumference ; and its branches, extending 

 in every direction a hundred feet, are supported by at 

 least a hundred pillars of wood and stone. 



The American Elm (Ulmus Americana) : 



The great beauty of this tree is due partly to the 

 arching character of its boughs, and partly to the fringed 

 appearance of its drooping branchlets. 

 These peculiarities give to it a distinc- 

 tive grace, enabling any one to recog- 

 nize the tree, even at night or in winter. 

 In addition to the shape, the margin, 

 and the veining of the 

 leaf shown in the draw- 

 ing, notice, in the living 

 specimen, the harsh- 

 ness of the texture of 

 the leaf. 



The flowers appear 

 before the leaves, and even the winged fruit is mature 

 before their full expansion. 



Its wood, very hard and strong, is preferred to any for 

 the hubs of wheels. 



Elm trees are characteristic features in New England 



