52 PLANTING. 



derives its name : it does not seed so freely as most other oaks, but 

 may be increased by grafting, and becomes excellent timber. There 

 is another variety, supposed to have been raised from the seed of the 

 quercus cerris, which is perhaps more worthy of notice, as it possesses 

 all the qualities of the former, and is propagated more easily, as it 

 seeds in abundance : the oldest, and perhaps the original plant of 

 this variety, is in the nursery of Messrs. Whitley and Co. at Fulham, 

 whence it takes the name of the Fulham oak : its form and appear- 

 ance are more massy and graceful than the Luicomb ; it spreads with 

 all the majesty of the common oak, is more compact, and, from its 

 general grandeur, is unquestionably a very desirable and ornamental 

 tree. 



Of the species of elms suited to the purposes of Landscape Gar- 

 dening, are — 



Ulmus campestris, the common elm. 



montana, the broad-leaved elm, or Wych hasel. 



Ulmus campestris, or the common elm, is a native of various coun- 

 tries of Europe ; it grows as an indigenous plant in many parts of 

 England. Mr. Gilpin, in his " Forest Scenery," has well described its 

 beauties : he says, " The elm naturally grows upright, and, when it 

 meets with a soil it loves, rises higher than the generality of trees; 

 and after it has assumed the dignity and hoary roughness of age, 

 though properly speaking it is not a forester, few of its forest 



