120 ULMUS. 



granite of Wicklow, and is abundant on the limestone of 

 Kilkenny, Cork, Limerick, and Kerry ; in all these dif- 

 ferent localities, it presents the same features, and though 

 we believe it to have been originally introduced, is rapidly 

 naturalizing and spreading itself by the suckers it throws 

 up. It does not, however, appear to be equally prevalent 

 upon the Continent, and the name of Dutch Elm some- 

 times given to it is anything but appropriate, the Elm 

 of Holland being of a very different form and much more 

 graceful appearance. We are informed, however, by a 

 correspondent, to whom we are indebted for much valuable 

 information upon this genus, that upon the hills of Mont- 

 ferrat, near Turin, he found an Elm with a very suberous 

 bark, and in all respects like our British Stiherosa ; it forms 

 extensive coppices in that district, mingling with and pro- 

 tecting saplings of the oak and ash. 



It is, however, on account of its hardy constitution and 

 power of occupancy upon inferior soils, that it chiefly 

 merits attention ; for in regard to form, beauty, and pic- 

 turesque effect, though its claims to these are by no means 

 inconsiderable, it is equalled if not surpassed by several 

 of its tribe, and its inferiority as timber has already 

 been noticed, though that, in poorly wooded districts, 

 becomes of value, and is applicable to many country pur- 

 poses. In cold and exposed tracts, where the soil is in- 

 different, the U. suherosa might be planted to advantage, 

 not only as a nurse to other trees, but to form planta- 

 tions or coppices of itself, which would always be kept 

 thick and close at bottom by its sucker-bearing propen- 

 sity ; no want, it may be remarked, has proved so fatal 

 to plantations formed on tracts of cold and inferior soil, 

 as that of some vigorous reproductive plant that would 

 shoot afresh without fail when cut over, or send forth 



