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American Elm. 
Wlnus Ameruana, Naturar Orver: Ulmacee—Elm Family. 
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as NE of the most beautiful trees in the United States is the 
American Elm. Nothing can surpass the exquisite beauty of 
its long, pendulous branches, that hang from its ample crown 
like brown threads strung with dark-green leaves. The trunk 
rises erect to a considerable height, whence it stretches upward 
‘SSinnumerable arms to sustain the wealth of foliage whose shadow 
the body of the tree, where they sway with all the grace of an ostrich 
plume, catching the slightest motion of the toying breeze, as if the 
sun and air filled them with an ecstatic joy. The Elm thrives best 
in moist lands, particularly lowland pastures, where it makes a rapid 
2. New England, and the effect has been most picturesque. 
Patriotism, 
HEAVEN, he cried, my bleeding country save! 
Is there no hand on high to shield the brave? 
Yet though destruction sweep those lovely plains, 
Rise, fellow-men! our country yet remains! —Campbell. 
NATCH from the ashes of your sires HE sword may pierce the bearer, 
The embers of their former fires, Stone walls in time may sever; 
And he who in the strife expires Tis heart alone, 
Will add to theirs a name of fear Worth steel and ‘stone, 
That tyranny shall quake to hear. That keeps man free forever! 
—Byron. —Moore. 
UDGE me not ungentle, 
Of manners rude, and insolent of speech, 
If when the public safety is in question, 
My zeal flows warm and eager from my tongue. 
—Rowe. 
E who maintains his country’s laws 
Alone is great; or he who dies in the good cause. 
—Sir A. Hunt. 
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growth. It has been much used around the sequestered homes of 
