22 BULLETIN 816, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
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The elms are large, handsome shade trees suitable for use over a 
wide range of territory. 
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Fic. 18.—An American elm with crotches liable to be split by heavy winds. Note the supporting 
chains. 
The American elm,' sometimes called the white elm and water elm, 
is one of the handsomest American shade trees. 
(Fig. 3.) It has 
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