102 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. ory 25, a8 
FIG, 20,—WYCH ‘ELM (ULMUS MONTANA), OAKLEY PARK, GLOUCESTER 
- 
duced, if all that sets is allowed to remain on the | 
Remove all the Ba blossoms the first two years. 
From two to a 
specimens may be allowed t 
grow the third weet 3 a very erate crop the fourth 
a fair may be expecte ie year; an 
after Ang the trees, if in good condition and well 
r, will prove the most reliable fort their yearly 
returns, 
To those who ae limited grounds the dwarf is a 
necessity, as, by due pruning» they may be n 
several years in the limits 
diameter, and thus many tre Fii rown where it 
would be impracticable to set stan S: 
T hose grounds a: unprotected 
the dwarf is oer larei for the ite and — 
arieties, as na act form renders it much 
By all growers t thë grand if they 
f th varieties of t 
best iati lity, and to ho, owing to conflicting 
opinions, are in doubt whether to set ` 
ri of many i vi who have ose 
them for the irty years warrants the statem 
that if in the ground the wants of ‘the 
preparation of the 
roots are supplied, and the same care 
FIG, 21.--POLLARDED AND pirate e WYCH ELM ON ROCK 
NEAR CRA 
them that is ete to: ensure vie a aleei — 
pein wer they will prove a con 
faction gA ktel ste 
and pina a legacy to 
childhood was, made glad with the t fru 
W. ET PAHONO 7 Méssichiedee Forti. 
cultural Society” 
NOTES OF OLD AND CURIOUS 
WYCH ELMS 
ST. RRE, the author of Studies of Natu 
mae ene old trees “contribute to attach us to “the 
places where we have once lived 
h : 
the common too frequently s 
fate. The Wych Elm is a true British tree, delighting 
in upland woods, though often found in moist 
e 
Mise 
AD SY 
FIG. 22,-STUMP OF POLLARDED WYCH ELM NEAR SHRAWLEY Fic. 23.-—OLD BATTERED AND DENUDED 
WOOD, 
SHIRE, 
saan 
paises ras its frondage spreads hiper 
e arked 
base ch Elm I have seen, a 
reiii. the largest in England, stands in 
NE 
LLANFONY, MONMOUTHSHIRE, (GIRTH AT E BASE; 
