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the English upon the stock of the Wych Elm : this we do 

 not approve of, as it unfits it to be planted upon clayey or 

 inferior soils, and we feel convinced that upon good soils 

 the U. campestris, planted on its own stock, is much more 

 likely to produce a fine tree than when grafted upon that 

 of U. montana. 



Among the varieties of the Wych Elm, Loudon enume- 

 rates seven which may be cultivated as timber trees, and 

 which vary more or less in form and growth from each 

 other. Of the curious or ornamental varieties, the Weeping 

 Elm, U. m. pendula, and the U. m. fastigiata, are the two 

 best worth cultivating. U. in. vegeta, called the Hun- 

 tingdon or Chichester Elm, is placed by Loudon as a 

 variety under the U. glabra of Smith's " Eng. Flor.," 

 which latter species we are disposed to consider as itself 

 a variety only of U. montana. 



