deserving of general Cultivation. 29 



U. montana major Masters. The tree is of upright and rapid 

 growth, slightly branched ; and, in some stages, approachino- 

 the habit of the common Scotch elm, but of a more tapering 

 form. The leaves fall almost a month sooner than those of 

 the following sort. [There is a fine tree of this kind of elm 

 in the Horticultural Society's Garden, of which a portrait is given 

 in the Arboretum Britaiinicum.'] 



U. montana minor Masters^ as compared with U. m. major, 

 is of a more branching and spreading habit, of lower growth, 

 with more twiggy shoots ; and these are more densely clothed 

 with leaves, which are long retained in the autumn. 



U. montana nana Hort. Dur. Very like U. minor glabra in 

 habit and growth. 



U. glabra Hort. Dur. [C7. montana glabra Arb. Brit."] 



U. glabra decumbens Hort. Dur. fU. mont. pendula Arb. 

 Brit.'], or Umbrella Elm, is a very ornamental tree. When 

 grafted on a lofty stem, it makes a good companion to the 

 drooping ash. 



U. glabra replicata Hort. Dur. [[/. m. fastigiata Art. Brit.] 

 The leaves enfold one side of the stem. The whole habit is 

 remarkable ; for it forms a cup-shaped tree, that cannot be mis- 

 taken for any other. Its foliage is darker than that of any 

 other elm, save that of U. c. virens. [This variety was i-aised 

 at Exeter, by Mr. Ford, nurseryman there, about 1826; and is 

 known by the names of Ford's Elm, U. m. Fordii, and U. exo- 

 niensis, or the Exeter Elm.] 



U. glabra major Hort. Dur., Canterbury seedling, is of more 

 vigorous growth than the species ; and, indeed, is a rival to U. 

 americana in quickness of growth. It preserves its foliage lono- 

 after U. m. glabra; and its bark is like that of U. americana. 

 This tree is also more spreading than that sort. 



U. campestris Hort. Dur. Very twiggy ; pale smooth bark ; 

 irregular growth in some plants, with almost horizontal branches, 

 where no others are near to force the shoots upwards. In some 

 soils, it is very subject to decay at the joints. The bark leaden- 

 coloured while young, splitting into long thin strips with age. 

 A bad variety to cultivate for timber. 



U. campestris alba Masters. Of upright growth. The old 

 bark cracks in irregular long pieces, and becomes very pale with 

 age. A good timber kind. [Shoots with the bark tinged with 

 red, and the footstalks of the leaves quite red. Leaves shinino-, 

 and doubly and deeply serrated, bearing a very near resemblance 

 to those of U. effiisa.] 



U. campestris acutifolia Masters. Growth, during its early 

 stages, very like the last, but stronger. The leaves, in old speci- 

 mens, more tapering, and the branches more pendulous. The 

 young leaves do not justify its name. Bark like the last. This 



