1398 IRBORETUM AND FRUT1CETUM. PART III. 



f 6. U* monta x ka Bmih. The mountain, Scotch, or Wych, Elm. 



H.uih. Pin., «7. ; With, Bot,87a ; Sm. Engl. Rot, t. 1827. s Engl. Fl, 2. p. 22.: Hook. 

 Bi t Fl, p. L48.J I. null. Synop., p. 887. \ M«ck»y*s El. Hibern. PL, 1. p. 241.; Lodd. Cat, ed. 



1 glabra Huds., ed. I., 95. ; /'. effusa Sibth., ST., /JWxrf, 55. ; U. scabra .1////. 7)ir/., Mo. 2. ; 

 '/• nud.i Ear*.: U. campestre Uilld. Sp. PA, p. 1324., FL Don., t 632., fltub., 109., Lightjoot, 

 1084. ; \V\oh Ha/i-1 of old authors. 



Engl Bot, t. 1887. ; Fl. Dan., t. 632. ; ami the plates of some of the varieties in our 

 last Volume 

 Spec, Char., Av. Leaves pointed, rough, broad, and doubly serrated. Flowers 

 on longish peduncles loosely tufted, 5 — 6-cleft. Samara somewhat orbicular, 

 slightlv cloven, naked. Branches drooping at their extremities ; their bark 

 smooth and even. (Smith, adapted.) A tree, a native of Britain, and of 

 various parts of Europe ; flowering in April and May, and ripening its seeds 

 in June. 

 yarn-tics. The varieties of the Scotch elm are extremely distinct, and very 

 handsome trees, some well worth cultivating in a useful, and others in an 

 ornamental, point of view. 



A. Timber Trees. 



5f U. m. 1 vulgaris. — Tree spreading; seldom exceeding 40 ft. or 50 ft. in 



height, except when drawn up by other trees. 



1 U. m. 2 rugosa Masters, U. rugosa Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. — Bark reddish 



brown, cracking into short regular pieces, very like that of A s cer 



campestre. Tree of spreading growth, and moderate size. A tree 



with this name attached to it, in the London Horticultural Society's 



Garden, has much smaller and rougher leaves than the species, and 



they are of a deeper green. The tree is of upright growth, and is, 



probably, not identical with the U. m. rugosa of Mr. Masters. 



*t U. m. 3 major Masters. — The tree is of upright and rapid growth, with 



few branches ; and, in some stages, approaching the habit of the 



common Scotch elm, but of a more tapering form. The leaves fall 



almost a month sooner than those of the following sort. There is a 



very handsome tree of this variety in the Horticultural Society's 



Garden, which we have figured in our last Volume, and which we 



have no doubt is identical with the kind described by Mr. Masters. 



It loses its leaves, in the Horticultural Society's Garden, before 



any other species or variety. 



If U. in. 4 minor Masters, as compared with U. m. major, is of a more 



branching and spreading habit, of lower growth, with more twiggy 



shoots ; and these are more densely clothed with leaves, which are 



retained long in the autumn. 



K. U. m. S cebennenris Ilort. The Cevenncs Elm. — There is a tree of this 



variety in the Horticultural Society's Garden, which, in 1834, was 



I 2 ft. high, after being 10 years planted. Its habit is spreading, like 



that of U. m. vulgaris ; but it appears of much less vigorous growth. 



7 If. in. 6 nigra, U. nigra Lodd. Cat., the black Irish Elm, is a spreading 



tree, with the habit of U. montana vulgaris, but with much smaller 



leaves. It is by some considered as a variety of U. campestris ; but, 



as it ripens seeds in Ireland, we are inclined to think it belongs to 



what may be called the seed-bearing section of the genus, and, con- 



'juently, to U. montana. 



I . m 7 austrdlil llort. — The tree of this variety in the Horticultural 



ety's Garden has rather smaller leaves, and a more pendulous 



habit m growth, than the species j but it does not appear to be dif- 



Dt in any Other respect. 



B, Ornamental or curious Varieties. 

 i . m. u pendula , U. pendula Lodd. Cat., ed. \^'w>; U, glabra decum- 

 ben Hort. Dur.\ XJ, horizontalis Hort. ; U. rubra in the Horticultural 



Garden; and the plate of this tree in our last Volume. — 



