The leaf 



AMERICAN ELM (,( imus Americana) 



nd has strong parallel ribs. The winter twigs show plum_p,_ blunt flower buds, 



xiic icii ■:> uii=ymmetrical at the base, ^ , ^- „ - ,• , i r^, i 



larger than the slim, pointed leaf buds. In March the flowers appear, giving the bare tree lop a warm, purplish colour. The pale- 

 Preen seeds dangle in rrofuse cluster, in May, falling before the leaves are full grown. Each seed has a c.rcular wing with two 



green „ , . - 



incurving hooks at the top. Elm lumber is hard, tough, heavy and 

 into scaly ridges 



-grained 



livide-i by deep furrows 



