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The Wych Elm. 
Ulmus folio glabro. 
The tree grows to a great bignels, 
The bark is rough. 
The leaves are very broad, of a fine or€en, 
ferrated, and fharp-pointed: and fmooth on the 
furface. 
The flowers are whitifh, and the fruit brown. 
We have it in hedges. 
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Authors call it U/mus folio glabro. 
We have three other fpecies. 
1, The common Elm, U!mus vulgaris folio lato 
' fcabro. The leaves thort, broad, and rough. 
2. The narrow-leaved Elm, Usnus minor folio 
augufto feabro. A {mall tree when at full 
growth. 
3. The broad-leaved Elm, called Witch Hazel, 
Ulinus folio latifimo feabro, 
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HE cup is formed of a fingle piece, divided 
is compofed, of four narrow petals. The 
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The Common Afh. 
Fraxinus vulgaris. 
The tree is large, but irregular in growth. 
The bark of the trunk is whitifh; that of 
the branches grey. 
lightly into four parts at the edge; and the flower 
feed is flat, membranaceous, and covered with 
The leaves are long, large, 
pinnated. 
The flowers are ereenith. 
The fruit is of a greenith brown, 
It is common in woods and hedges, 
C. Bauhine calls it Fraxinus excelfior. 
and beautifully 
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eee cup is divided into five fegments, and coloured. The flower is comp ofed of five oval 
petals. The feed-vefiel is winged with a large membrane, 
Linnzus places this among the offandria. 
The Common Maple. 
Acer vulgare minus. 
The fhrub is of irregular growth. 
The bark is rough, and of a redifh brown. 
The leaves are broad, fhort, and deeply di- 
vided : their colour is a pale green, 
The flowers are of a greenifh colour: the feed- 
veflels are redifh when ripe. © 
It is common in hedges, 
C. Bauhine calls it Acer campatre. 
We have two other fpecies. 
1, The great Maple, called the Sycamore, Acer 
majus latifolium, \ 
2. Hairy, red-fruited Maple, 
Acer compefire mi- 
nus fruct villofo rubente, 
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6 ae cup is ceompofed of four long leaves. 
vided at the rim into four parts. 
rous and minute. 
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Befom Heath. 
Erica folio hirfuto quaterno. 
The fhrub is low, fcarce exceeding a foot in 
heighth, ; 
The bark is of a redifh brown. 
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and hairy. 
The flower is formed of a fingle petal; and is di. 
The feed-veffel is roundifh and fmall; the feeds are nume= 
The leaves are fall, extremely numerous, 
The flowers ftand in little tufts at the tops of 
the branches ; and are of a faint purple. 
We haye it on bogey grounds on heaths, 
Cc. Bauhine calls it Erica ex rubro 
nigricans 
Scoparia. 
Our people, Dutch begib, 
We 
