THE WYCH ELM. 



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point is an important one in the study of foliage, illustrations of 

 some examples are here given side by side. The new shoot of 

 the Wych Elm, when some two inches long, begins to stiffen, the 

 drooping leaves become more horizontal, and the stipules fall. The 

 fully-developed leaf measures from four to five inches from tip to 

 base ; it is covered by rough hairs, and has a coarsely serrated edge, 

 and a short stalk. The base of the leaf-blade meets the main rib 

 higher up on one side than on the other, but this difference is not 

 nearly so pronounced as in the case of the English Elm. 



The leaves are set alternately on the twig in two rows, one 

 on either side. Their colour passess through gradations of pale 

 yellow-green in spring to the deep green of summer, and are pale 

 yellow for a short time in the early autumn ; after this they shrivel 

 and turn brown before other trees have lost their summer tints. The 

 leaf stalks are short. 



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