254 ULMACE^. 



Canal, Apperton. About Acton, Turnham Green, Shepherd's Bush, &c. ; 

 Newb. Origin.ates from the accidental distribution of the fruit (' hemp 

 seed'), used as food for caged birds. 



HUMULirS, Linn. 



610. B. Xupulus, L. Hop. 



Licpulus mas etfcemina, C. B. P. (Blackst.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 372. Syme E. B. viii. t. 1284. 

 Hedges ; rather common. P. July. 



I. Harefleld!; Blackst. Fasc. 54. Cowley, 1855; Phyt. N. 8. i. 65. 

 Pinner; Melv. 70. 

 II. Staines. Road from Staines to Hampton. Eoad from Sunbury to 

 Walton Bridge. Hampton. Bet. Hampton Court and Kingston 

 Bridge, plentiful. Teddington. 



III. Eoxeth ; Melv. 70. Near Hatton. By the river, &c., Twickenham. 



IV. Hendon, rare; Loud. Fl. 119. Stanmore ; Varenne. 

 V. Apperton ; Melv. 70. Near Shepherd's Bush ! ; Newb, ■ 



VI. Edmonton. 



VII. Near Kensal Green, 1869 ; Warren. 

 First record: Blackstone, 1737. 



ULMACEiE. 



TTLMUS, Linn. 



611> ^V. suberosa, Mr^. Elm. 



U. vulgatissima fol. lata scabro, Ger. em. (Blackst.). U. campestris (Sm. 



Fl. Br.). U. camp, and U. sub. (Sm. Eng. Fl.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 374 ; iii. 606. Syme E. B. viii. t. 1285. 

 Hedges and plantations ; probably very common. Tree. March, April. 

 In all the districts, including VII. ; but probably always planted. 



Var. p. TJ. glabra, Sm. 



III. South side of Drilling Ground, Hounslow. 



IV. Harrow Weald Hind. In Canons Park, some large trees. 



First record: Blackstone, 1737. Middlesex is fuU of old and magnificent 

 elms, for particulars of which reference must be made to Loud. Arb. et 

 Frut. vol. iii. The largest are at Hampstead and in Kensington Gardens ; 

 but one at Twickenham was then (1838) 120 years old, and 90 feet 

 high. Some of the elms in St. James's Park are older than this. Fine 

 trees may be seen also at South Mims, Teddington, Heston, and Nor- 

 wood. It is, however, a matter for regret that the elm is becoming 

 more scarce year by year as old trees die off and no younger ones are 

 found to supply their place. For an account of the celebrated hollow 

 elm which formerly stood at Hampstead, see Park Hampst. pp. 33-40. 



