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SELECT PLANTS READILY ELIGIBLE 



Ulex Europaeus, Linne. 



Middle and South Europe, Azores, Canary Islands. The 

 Whin, Gorse or Furze. A bush important for covering 

 quickly drift-sands on coasts. Too apt to stray as a hedge- 

 plant. 



Ullucus tuberosus, Lozano. {Melloca tuberosa, Lindley.) 

 Andes of New Granada and Peru, up to an elevation of 

 9000 feet. A perennial herb, the tubers of which are edible. 



Ulmus alata, Michaux. 



The Whahoo-Elm of North America. Height of tree thirty 

 feet. Wood fine-grained, heavier and stronger than that 

 of the White Elm, of a dull red colour, used by wheelwrights, 

 but like that of U. Americana not equal to the European Elm. 



Ulmus Americana, Linn6. 



The White Elm of North America. A tree fond of moist 

 river-banks. One hundred feet high, trunk sixty feet, five 

 feet in diameter. 



Ulmus campestris, Linne.* 



The ordinary Elm, indigenous to South Europe and temperate 

 Asia, as far east as Japan. Several marked varieties, such as 

 the Cork-Elm and Wych-Elm, exist. The Elm in attaining 

 an age of several centuries becomes finally of enormous size. 

 In Britain much attacked by Scolytus destructor. The wood 

 is tough, hard, fine-grained and remarkably durable, if 

 constantly under water. Next to the Yew it is the best of 

 European woods, where great elasticity is required, as for 

 archery bows. It is also used for keels, blocks and wheels. 

 Bast tough. 



Ulmus crassifolia, Nuttall. 



The evergreen Elm of Mexico and Texas. 



Ulmus Floridana, Chapman. 



The West Florida Elm. Forty feet high. 



Ulmus fulva, Michaux. 



The Slippery or Red Elm of North America. Sixty feet 

 high. Wood red, tenacious. 



Ulmus Mexicana, Planchon. 



c, Cordilleras of North America. This Elm attains a height 

 of sixty feet or perhaps more. Many of these Elms are 

 available as quick-growing avenue trees for shade-lines. 



Ulmus parvifolia, Jacquin. 



The evergreen Elm of China, Japan and Queensland. A 

 similar tree is found in the Himalaya Mountains. 



