Ulmus 1^99 



Some trees of the same habit, which possibly originated in the nursery at 

 Canterbury, where Masters raised elms of this type, are at Betteshanger, near the 

 church, and in 1907 were 70 to 80 ft. by 7 to 8 ft. in girth. 



At Boughton Park, in the broad avenue, which is a hundred yards wide and 

 stretches for a mile in front of the house, are a number of elms, which like those 

 at Cassiobury, and some of those at Hinchingbrooke, are remarkable for their burry 

 growths and stunted habit. Whether this is due to their having been propagated 

 from suckers of trees having this peculiarity I cannot say, but there are much 

 better-shaped trees in the same avenue which are free from burrs, and have attained 

 a much greater height. Two which I measured were 107 ft. by 18 ft. 4 in., and 

 104 ft. by i8|- ft. in 1908. Boughton is celebrated for its extensive avenues of elms, 

 planted by "John the Planter," Duke of Montagu, who died in 1749. Most of 

 them are true English elms, and one which I saw in the timber yard had 170 rings, 

 of which only twenty were sapwood, in a diameter of 3 ft. Elm timber at Boughton 

 averages about is. per foot, though in an exceptional case it has realised 2s. 6d. 

 per foot. It is much liked for chair seats, on account of its rich colour. 



In Hertfordshire and on the western borders of Essex, the most graceful form 

 of this tree may be seen in perfection. Among the largest in this district are the 

 following : — At Bayford Lodge, Bayfordbury, a fine weeping tree, very distinct from 

 an English elm growing beside it, in 1909 was 92 ft. by 11 ft. 9 in. At Amwell 

 Bury, near Ware, Herts, there is a magnificent tree of U. nitens, of which Mr. H. 

 Clinton-Baker sends us the following particulars. It is situated on Mr. E. S. 

 Hanbury's property, and in November 191 1 measured 133 ft. in height, with a 

 trunk 23 J ft. in girth at five feet, above which it divides into two stems, 15 ft. 2 in. 

 and 14 ft. 6 in. in girth respectively. 



At Eastwick rectory, in the Stort valley, the best of a group of four trees near 

 the church was 119 ft. by 10 ft. in 1909; while another was 116 ft. by 6| ft. A 

 little higher up in a narrow grass field there is a fine tree of the same habit, 113 ft. 

 by 13^ ft. Suckers from these trees are numerous ; and Mr. Rivers, of the Sawbridge- 

 worth nurseries, has propagated a number of this type. At Briggins Park, the 

 seat of the Hon. H. C. Gibbs, two splendid trees (Plate 401) stand together 

 by a small lake; the larger was 128 ft. by 12 ft. 10 in. in 1909. On the road 

 from Dunmow to Easton Park, there are a number of weeping elms, which vary 

 a good deal in habit, and appear to belong to this species, but I have not seen 

 them in leaf. At Aldenham, in Sawyer's Lane, there are good trees of this type 

 which, as usual, have rough-leaved suckers; the best measured in 1908 about 108 



ft. by 7 ft. II in. 



At Great Saling, Essex, on the village green, there is a handsome weeping 

 tree (Plate 402), with an immense witches' broom near the top, which in 1907 

 measured no ft. by 20 ft. 9 in. Loudon says^ that Mr. Jukes, who made drawings 

 of the large elms at Studley Royal, pronounced this elm to be the most handsome 

 that he had seen. It measured, in 1841, 114 ft. in height and 17^ in girth at five 

 feet from the ground. 



1 Gard. Mag. xvii. 356 (1841). 



