1890 The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland 



where it grows abundantly in the hedge rows, reproducing itself regularly by 

 suckers, and possibly by seed in rare years as in 1909. Mr. F. Hamilton Davey 

 tells me that it is plentiful also in parts of Somerset, and says regarding its distribu- 

 tion in Cornwall, that it is fairly common from the Tamar to a little to the west 

 of Penzance. From the extreme north-east of the county to Land's End, it does 

 not approach the coast nearer than a mile or two. It is also rare along the Lizard 

 peninsula, and near the range of granite hills, which run from east to west through 

 the centre of the county. It is a tree of low altitudes, the finest specimens being 

 always found in sheltered valleys, especially in those which run to the south coast. 



The Cornish elm was reported ^ by the late Rev. A. Ley to be common in 

 Brittany, and this is confirmed by Dr. C. E. Moss, who observed it in most parts 

 of Brittany, though good specimens were rare on account of the local practice 

 of lopping. (A. H.) 



I measured two large trees (Plate 397) of characteristic habit in the lower part 

 of the entrance drive at Coldrenick in Cornwall, the suckers of which were of 

 precisely similar habit. One was 100 ft. by 11 ft. 4 in., the other 92 ft. by 13 ft. 

 5 in. On the approach to Menabilly House from Fowey, I also saw fine Cornish 

 elms, some over 100 ft. high. I measured one, 95 ft. by 6 ft. 2 in. At Scorrier, near 

 Truro, there are many of these elms, though I saw none of great size ; and Mr. 

 John Williams told me that they resist the sea wind, which is here very strong, 

 better than any other tree ; and that he plants suckers, which are abundant. The 

 Cornish elm seldom attains a great girth ; but a tree at Enys, which Henry saw in 

 191 1, measured 24 ft. in girth at the ground, 17 ft. at five feet up, and 16 ft. at seven 

 feet up ; but it was only about 65 ft. high. In the vicarage garden at Perranar- 

 worthal, Henry saw a fine specimen 80 ft. by 1 1 ft. 



In Devonshire I have seen no Cornish elm remarkable for size. 



At Shawford, near Winchester, there are four fine trees, not quite of the 

 typical Cornish form, the largest of which measured 125 ft. by 10 ft. 10 in. in 1907. 

 At Bisterne Park, near Ringwood, I saw in 1 896 three trees, differing somewhat in 

 habit. One had a very erect trunk and pointed top ; and measured 86 ft. by 1 3 ft. 

 The second was more rounded at the top, and was 90 ft. by 14 ft. The third tree 

 could scarcely be called a true Cornish elm, as it had the pendulous branches of an 

 American elm, and measured 98 ft. by 13^ ft. 



At Cowdray, near the ruins, there are three fine trees, of the same habit as the 

 second tree at Bisterne, and not so regular as the Wheatley elm. These measured 

 in 1906, 113 ft. by 13 ft., 113 ft. by 13^ ft., and no ft. by 11 ft, 9 in. respectively. 



At Bagshot Park, on May 20, 1907, I measured a very fine tree, which had 

 not yet come into leaf, though some seeds were nearly ripe. It measured 98 ft. by 

 iij ft. At Arley Castle, there is a tree. No. 351 in the catalogue, which measured 

 75 ft. by 8 ft. 8 in. in 1907. 



In Wales the Cornish elm grows well on the south coast ; and at Singleton, the 

 property of Lord Swansea, there is an avenue of them. Mr. Harris, formerly 



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