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chefnut as a native of England ; but this is doubt- 

 ful ; and it is certainly not indigenous to Scotland. 



THE ELM. * (Rough-kaved, broad-leaved, or 

 Scots.) 



This tree accommodates itfelf, both in a na- 

 tural date and when planted, to many different 

 foils and fituatrons. The foil in which it moft 

 luxuriates, is a deep rich loam; but that in which 

 it becomes moft valuable, is a fandy loam, lying 

 on rubble, or on dry rock. It is frequently found 

 flourifhing by the fides of rivers or flreams, which 

 perhaps often wafh part of its roots ; yet, it will 

 not endure ftagnant moifture. In wet tilly clays, 

 as at Panmure, it foon fickens. On bleak hills, 

 among rocks, and where foil is hardly perceptible, 

 it will often find pafture, and arrive at a confider- 

 able fize. In a mixture of loam and clay fchiftus, 

 incumbent on whinftone rock (as at Alva), it ar- 

 rives at a very large fize within a century. 



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* This kind is supposed by Evelyn to be the Alim of the 

 antients. Mr Miller calls it * the Witch Elm ;' Mr Mar- 

 shall * the Coarse-leaved Elm, the Wych Elm, or the 

 8 North-country Elm. * In Scotland it is the most com- 

 mon kind, and is universally called the Scots Elm. The 

 boughs spread wider, and hang more down than those of 

 the English Elm, and the leaves and seeds are much 

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