THE SMALL-LEAVED ELM. 321 
height ofa hundred and twenty feet, are examples 
of noble growths to which the lover of Trees is 
referred, whilst it is satisfactory to know that 
Elms with a diameter of five feet at five feet from 
the ground, are not uncommon in congenial 
situations. 
Though this beautiful Tree may not be indi- 
genous to Britain, and may not indeed, as some 
authorities believe, have been introduced so early 
as the period of the Roman invasion, a residence 
with us of much more than a thousand years has 
sufficed to endear it to the hearts of English 
people ; for, as the Quarterly Reviewer referred to 
in a previous chapter has justly said, the Elm 
since its acclimatisation amongst us, in, as he 
believes, the days of the Saxon Heptarchy, ‘ has 
contributed more than any other Tree save the 
Oak to the charm of rural England.’ How closely 
it is associated with our urban and suburban life 
is shown by the fact that this familiar Tree has 
given its name to not less than forty places in 
England. Such are, for instance, Barn Elms, 
Elmley, Elmstree,and Nine Elms, whilst ‘ Elm dales’ 
and ‘Elm groves’ are encountered in large numbers 
