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this negligence it loses in a good degree that 

 happy surface for catching masses of light which 

 we admire in the common Elm, and which adapts 

 it better to a distance. We observe, also, when we 

 see this tree in company with the common Elm, that 

 its bark is somewhat of a lighter hue. The AYych 

 Elm is a native of Scotland, where it is found not 

 only in the plains and valleys of the Lowlands, but 

 is hardy enough to climb the steeps and flourish in 

 the remotest Highlands, though it does not attain, 

 in those climates, the size which it attains in 

 England. Naturalists suppose the "Wych Elm to 

 be the only species of this tree which is indigenous 

 to our island. 



There is another variety also of this tree called 

 the Weeping Elm. Whether its timber is less 

 useful, or it is propagated with greater difficulty, 

 . I know not, but I have rarely met with it. The 

 finest of this species I have seen, grow in St. 

 John's walks at Cambridge. An eye accustomed 

 to the tree will easily perceive that its branches 

 are more pensile, and its leaves of smaller 

 dimensions, than those of the common Elm. 



We have made particular inquiry as to the trees still 



