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churcliyard of Newport Pagnell, in Buckinghamshire, 

 is exceedingly beautiful. 



The Exeter Elm (U. m. exonien'sis), occasionally 

 seen in nursery gardens, is simply a " fastigiate " 

 variety, having the leaves set closely round the erect 

 branches. It has all the effect of an abnormal or 

 monstrous form, without any redeeming beauty. 



The Chichester Elm {U. mi. vege'ta), though it 

 may have originated more than once, was raised in 

 1746 by Wood, a nurseryman at Huntingdon, from 

 seed collected in the neighbourhood. It is variously 

 known as the Huntingdon, Scampston, or unfortu- 

 nately as the American Elm, though it is, of course, 

 quite distinct from the species {U. america'na) with 

 its fruits fringed with hairs, to which that name 

 properly belongs. It is valuable as a timber tree, 

 and is of remarkably rapid growth, often sending up 

 shoots six or ten feet long in a single season, and 

 making a total growth of as much as thirty feet from 

 the graft within ten years. According to Selby, there 

 are many fine old specimens referable to this form in 

 the counties of Huntingdon and Nottingham.' 



The Canterbury Elm {U. montana super'ba) was 

 raised by the late William Masters in his nursery at 

 Canterbury, and distributed under the name of U. 

 m. ma'jor — a name likely to lead to confusion 

 with the Dutch Elm, the U. major of Sir J. E. 

 Smith. The Canterbury seedling had very large 

 leaves, and was of rapid growth, but of no proved 

 value as a timber tree. 



The Dutch Elm ( U. hollan'dica) has perhaps more 

 claim than any of those just mentioned to rank as a 



