86 KINDS OF TREES, 



building of temporary fhades and outhoufes, cattle 

 {hades, &c. ; for the ckathing of ftone-carts, as it 

 does not eafily fplinter or rag, like deal, though 

 it will readily break over, if not of confiderable 

 thicknefs ; and for lime boards, troughs, boxes, 

 and the like,. 



THE ELM. 



Ulmus monlana, Scots Elm. Ulmiis campestris, 

 EnglifliElm. 



The Scots or rough-leaved Elm, is a deciduous 

 tree of very confiderable magnitude. It cannot, 

 ftri&ly fpeaking, be termed beautiful ; but cer- 

 tainly an aged Elm, when ftanding fingle, is a 

 very capital objeft. In the form of its branches, 

 and its general outline, it much refembles the 

 oak. Hence in many of the recently improved 

 places in Scotland (where this tree chiefly abounds), 

 it has been referved as an ornamental tree, and, in 

 this particular, is an excellent fubftitute for the 

 oak. Even where the oak and the chefnut abound, 

 (as at Alva), the Scots Elm maintains its place, 

 with excellent effeft, as a park tree. 



In the grove, if properly nurfed and trained, it 

 becomes a ftraight, tall, and large-flemmed tree. 

 In hedge-rows, it becomes moft ufeful and durable 

 timber. And in open woods, it naturally aflumes 



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