CHAP. CI, 



M.MA CEjE. 



V LMUS. 



1403 



crooks nearly equal in largeness to the bole of the tree. This tree affords a very great natural 

 curiosity to the eye of a lover of trees. {For. Guide, p. 392.) 



Statistics of existing Trees In England. At Muswell Hill, it is 8a ft. high, the diameter o the 

 trunk 8 ft., and of the head 45 ft. In Hampshire, at Alresford, SI years planted, it is 72ft. nigh, 

 diameter of the trunk 2ft. 5 in., and of the head 36 ft. In the Isleof Wight, in Wilkms's Nursery, 

 it is 25 ft high. In Somersetshire, at Nettleconibe, 40 years planted, it is 65 ft. high, the diameter 

 of the trunk 1 ft. 1 1 in , and of the head 2(5 ft. In Surrey, at Farnham Castle, it is 80 ft. high, diameter 

 of the trunk 2 ft. 4 in., and of the head 86 ft. ; at St. Anne's Hill, itis70 ft. high, diameter of trunk 4ft., 

 and of the head 99 ft. In Bedfordshire, at Woburn Abbey, is one with a trunk 6j ft., and the diameter 

 of the head 92ft. In Monmouthshire.at Dowlais House, 20 years old, it is 30 ft. high. In Oxfordshire, 

 in the Oxford Botanic Garden, it is 1()() ft. high, diameter of the trunk 2 It. 10 in., andjot the head 120 ft. 

 In Worcestershire, at Croome, 70 years planted, it is 70 ft. high, diameter ot the trunk 4 ft., and ol the 

 head 28 ft. ; at Hagley, 10 years" planted, it is 14 ft. high. In Yorkshire, at Grimstone, 12. years 

 planted, it is 24 ft. high. , , L . .,. .„„ 



U. montana in Scotland. In the Horticultural Garden, Inverleith, 29 years planted, it is 18 ft. 

 high ; at Hopetoun House, 100 years planted, it is 60ft. high, diameter of the trunk 4ft., and ot the 

 head 51 ft. In Clackmannanshire, in the garden of the Dollar Insti- 

 tution, 12 years planted, it is 30ft. high, diameter of the trunk 1ft., 

 and of the head 24 ft. In Lanarkshire, at Pollock, are some very 

 large wych elms, one of which figured by Strutt in 1812 was then 

 86 ft. high, but in October, 1839, it was again measured for this work, 

 and was found 90ft. high, the diameter of the trunk nearly 4 ft, 

 at 5 ft. from the ground. There are three other elms at Pollock nearly 

 as large; and one which is reported to have been planted by Sir 

 Thomas Maxwell, lord advocate of William III., and one of the 

 commissioners of the union, and which must consequently be up- 

 wards of 180 years old. In Perthshire, at Kinfauns Castle, it is 

 70 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 6§ft., and of the head 60 ft. A 

 sketch of this tree was sent us by Mr. Robertson, gardener at Kin- 

 fauns Castle, of which fig. 1244. is an engraving, reduced to the 

 scale of 1 in. to 50 ft. In Stirlingshire, at Airthrey Castle, it is 63 ft. 

 high, diameter of the trunk 4 ft, and of the head 48 ft. ; at Callender 

 l'ark, it is 46 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 5 ft, and of the 

 head 66 ft. . . . 



U. montana in Ireland. In Cork, at Castle Freke, it is 50 ft. high, I <«** 



diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 3in., and of the head 32ft. In Louth, near Mansfieldstown, at Fawn, 

 a tree planted to commemorate the birth of the grandfather of the present proprietor, and which is 

 considered to be of about 120 years' growth, is 70 ft high ; the diameter of the trunk at the base 9 ft. 

 8 in., at 6 ft. from the ground 5 ft. 4 in., and the diameter of the head 90 ft. 



Commercial Statistics. Plants, in the London nurseries, are, seedlings 5,v. 

 per thousand ; transplanted seedlings, from 1 ft. to 2 ft. high, 15s. per thou- 

 sand ; from 2 ft. to 3 ft. high, 25s. per thousand ; from 4 ft. to 6 ft. high, 50s. 

 per thousand. At Bollwyller, large plants are 1 franc each ; and at New 

 York, they are 5 cents each. 



¥ 7. U. (m.) gla v bra Mill. The smooth-leaved, or Wych, Elm. 



Identification. Mill. Diet, ed. 8., No. 4. ; Cullum, 97. ; Engl. Bot, t. 2248. ; Sm. Engl. Fl.,2. p. 23. ; 



Hook. Br. FL, p. 142. ; Lindl. Synop., p. 226. ; Mackay Fl. Hibern., pt. 1. p. 241. 

 Synonymes. U. montana (3 Fl. Br., 282. ; HuU.,ed. 2., 75., U. folio glabro Gcr. Emac, 1481. f., 



Rait Syn., 469. ; U. campestris var. 3. With. 279. ; the feathered Elm. 

 Engravings. Engl. Bot., t. 2248. ; Ger. Emac., 1481. f. ; and our fig. 1245. 



Spec. Char., Sec. Leaves elliptic-ohlong, doubly serrated, smooth. Flowers 

 nearly sessile, 5-cleft. Samara obovate, naked, deeply cloven. (Smith.) 

 A tall elegant tree, with spreading, rather drooping, smooth, blackish 

 branches, scarcely downy in their earliest stage of growth. x 

 Leaves smaller than any of the preceding (except U. cam- 

 pestris), as well as more oblong ; strongly serrated, very 

 unequal at the base, not elongated at the extremity ; their 

 substance firm, or rather rigid ; the surface of both sides 

 very smooth to the touch, and without any hairs beneath, 

 except the axillary pubescence of the ribs, which often 

 forms a narrow downy line along the midrib. Flowers <SIl 

 nearly sessile, with 5 short, bluntish, fringed segments, 

 and as many longish stamens ; the anthers of which are 

 roundish heart-shaped. Samara smaller than most other 

 species, obovate, cloven down to the seed, smooth, often 

 reddish. A native of Britain, chiefly in England, in 

 woods and hedges ; and forming the most common elm 

 in some parts of Essex. It bears seeds in nearly as great abundance as U. 

 montana, and it does not throw up suckers ; which convinces us that it is 

 only a variety of that species. The propagation, culture, &c, of U. glabra 

 and its varieties are the same as in the preceding sort; but, to preserve the 

 latter distinct, they ought to be grafted. 



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