134 LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



fan-like manner : and the Smooth-leaved Scotch elm (V 

 m. glabra). 



There is scarcely any soil to which some of the 

 different elms are not adapted. The European species 

 prefer a deep, dry soil ; the Scotch or Wych elm will 

 thrive well even in very rocky places ; and the White 

 elm grows readily in all soils, but most luxuriantly in 

 moist places. All the species attain their maximum size 

 when planted in a deep loam, rather moist than dry. 

 They bear transplanting remarkably well, suffering but 

 little even from the mistaken practice of those persons 

 who reduce them in transplanting to the condition of 

 bare poles, as they shoot out a new crop of branches, 

 and soon become beautiful young trees in spite of the 

 mal-treatment. As the elm scarcely produces a tap 

 root, even large trees may be removed, when the 

 operation is skilfiiUy performed. In such cases, the 

 recently-removed tree should be carefully and plentifully 

 supplied with water until it is well established in its 

 new situation. The elm is also easily propagated by 

 seed, layers, or, in some species, by suckers from the 

 root. 



The Plane or Buttonwood Tree. Platanus. 

 Nat. Ord. Platanaceas. Lin. Syst. Monoecia, Polyandria. 



The plane, Platanus derives its name from ithMng, 

 broad, on account of the broad, umbrageous nature of its 

 branches. It is a well known tree of the very largest 



