THEIR PROPERTIES, &C. 87 



many fine cafts and forms for the purpofes of fhip- 

 building and the like. In fhort, the timber of 

 this tree is fo ufeful and valuable, that it is al- 

 ways prized next to the oak. It is ufed by the 

 Shipbuilder, the boatbuilder, the block and pump 

 maker, the cart-wright, the cabinet-maker, and 

 the coach-maker. 



In regard to the fine -leaved, or Englifh elm, 

 we may firft remark, that although there are many 

 Englifh elms in Scotland, yet there are very few 

 Scots elms, comparatively fpeaking, in England. 

 In a late tour through mod of the counties of 

 England, we hardly obferved a Scots elm after 

 leaving Northumberland going fouthward, until 

 we entered Cumberland returning northward. In- 

 deed, it may be faid, that the rough-leaved, or 

 Scots elm, of any ufeful fize, is to be found only 

 on the north fide of the Tweed. 



The fine-leaved or Englifh elm is very orna- 

 mental, when it ftands detached and free ; as, by 

 the Thames, at Hampton-Court, at Bufhy, at 

 Richmond, and by the high road, about halfway 

 between Cheltenham and Tewksbury. It affords 

 an agreeable fhade, (nearly equal to that of the 

 lime), when formed into avenues ; as at Windfor, 

 York, and Cheltenham. It may be a ufeful, but, 

 as it is generally treated all over England, it is an 

 ugly and difgufting hedge-timber. Nothing cer* 

 tainly can be more tirefome, in travelling through 



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