Handbook of Trees of the IToetherx States and Cap 



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The Cork Elm attains tlio lieisiit of 80-l(i0 

 ft.. \\'itli trunk 3 or 4 ft. in dianictci', and in 

 forests has a straight culuninar truul-; some- 

 times free from bramdies to tlie liei^iit of (iO 

 or 70 ft. Wlien prowinf; outside of tlie forest 

 its liabit of srowtli is generally quite difl'erent 

 from tliat of the White Elm, as it deA-clo])s a 

 rather narnjw ubhi]i^; top witli stroni^ly drndii 

 in:.' lateral and hnver branehes and eorky- 

 ninged branchlets, as sliown in uur trunk pic- 

 ture. 



It is a tree inbabitini,' u|ilands. meky ridijes 

 and slopes, in company with the Suu'ar JIaple. 

 Hop Hornbeam. Butternut. Basswood. White 

 A<li, Beech, etc.. but i-. nnudi less abundant 

 and general in its distributicai than the White 

 F.lm. 



Its -wood is liea\y. a (addc funt waduhing 

 wlien absolutely dry 4.').2.'i lbs., anil is especially 

 sought where great strength, toughness and 

 flexildlity are required, as in tlie manufaeture 

 of heavy agricultural imidenients, the handles 

 of tools, etc- 



snltcniTlafe and 



ihin'^', nan-dW and (il)lns' fo 

 new hat ilieijllilatcral a I hasi-, 

 denlily soia-alc. w'ilh usually inrurxcd Iciali, 

 KUKnUh lustrniis dark' yri'en alieve. jialc inilicsrcnl 

 beneath : petioles and hranchhas pabescent ; bud^ 

 taper-pointed with i)abernlnas eiliate scah-. 

 FJoircyf; in racemes witli siiauler filiform jotntcil 

 pedicels : calyx 7-.S-lobed ; anthers purple. Fruit 

 ripenintr wlien the leaves arr> about half srrown. 

 s.Tniara.- obnvatr'-ohlnnsj. pale, oliscurely nerved. 

 pubescent and eiliale. 



1. Uhntis raeiniosa Thomas. 



2. A. W., 11, 34. 



