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THE ELM. 



Ulmus suberosa, Cork-barked Elm, is in habit 

 between the Common and Wych Elms, being 

 more spreading than the former, but not so much 

 so as the latter. The leaves are very large ; but 

 the best distinctive characters are afforded by the 

 branches, which, when one year old, are very 



BRANCH OF ULMUS SUBEROSA. 



hairy, and in the second year are thickly coated 

 with a cracked, corky, excrescence, from which 

 the tree derives its name. A foreign species, 

 called Dutch Elm, has also corky branches, but 

 the young twigs are always smooth. 



Two other British Elms are described by 

 botanists, but, as they are of local occurrence, a 

 notice of them will not interest the general reader. 

 The above characters, it is hoped, will be suffici- 

 ent to enable the student to determine the spe- 

 cies of any Elm which he is likely to meet with. 



The Elm was well-known both' to the ancient 

 Greeks and Romans ; the former were acquainted 

 with two species which grew severally in the 



