158 . FOREST TREES. 
The tree is of stiffer and more upright habit of 
growth than the White Elm, and is one of the most 
pestilent producers of suckers known; lawns, where 
it is planted, becoming literally filled with them. This 
would not be an objection to it as a forest tree. 
Loudon remarks that it rarely produces seed, and is 
commonly propagated by suckers, layers, and grafting. 
It was cultivated by the ancients, and the varieties 
are numerous. 
6. Ulmus montana—Scotch Elm, Witch Elm. 
Leaves, pointed, rough, broad, and doubly serrate; 
flowers on longish peduncles, loosely tufted, five to 
six-cleft; fruit, rhomboid-oblong, slightly cloven, 
naked. 
This species has larger and darker-colored foliage 
than the English Elm, and is of more vigorous 
growth. Its wood, although considerably used in 
Great Britain, is looked upon as inferior to that of 
the English Elm. As it does not produce suckers 
from its roots, it is to be preferred as an ornamental 
tree, and it is only for this purpose that it merits 
notice. It is a large, handsome tree. 
