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handles. The name "cork elm" refers to the corky bark 

 which runs out in winged ridges, even to the twigs. 



The Winged Elm 



U. (data, Michx. 



The winged elm, or wahoo, is dainty and small, its leaves 

 and the two thin corky blades that arise on each twig 

 befitting the smallest elm tree in the family. Despite its 

 corky wings, it has none of the ruggedness of the cork elm, 

 but is a pretty round-headed tree. It is distributed from 

 Virginia to Florida and west to Illinois and Texas. 

 "Mountain elm" and "small-leaved elm" are local 

 names. "Wahoo" is local also, belonging chiefly to the 

 South. Even the little seed of this tree is long and slender, 

 its wing prolonged into two incurving hooks. 



The English Elm 



U. campestris, Linn. 



The English elm is often seen in the Eastern states, 

 planted w^th the American elm in parks and streets, where 

 the two species contrast strikingly. The English tree 

 looks stocky, the American airily graceful. One stands 

 heavily upon its heels, the other on tiptoe. One has a 

 compact, pyramidal or oblong head, the other a loose open 

 one. In October the superb English elms on Boston 

 Common arc still bright green, while their American 

 cousins have passed into "the sere and yellow leaf." 



