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more fine varieties of this species, cultivated in the English 
nurseries ; among which the most remarkable are the Twisted 
elm, ( U. c. tortuosa ,) the trunk of which is singularly mark- 
ed with hollows and protuberances, and the grain of the wood 
curiously twisted together : the Kidbrook elm, ( U. c. virens ,) 
which is a sub-evergreen : the Gold and Silver striped elms, 
with variegated leaves, and the Narrow-leaved elm, ( TJ. c. vi- 
minalis,) which resembles the birch : the Cork-barked elm, 
( U c. suberosa ,) the young branches of which are covered 
with cork, etc. 
The Scotch or Wych elm. ( U. montana.) This is a tree 
of lower stature than the common European elm, its average 
height being about 40 feet. The leaves are broad, rough, 
pointed, and the branches extend more horizontally, droop- 
ing at the extremities. The bark on the branches is com- 
paratively smooth. It is a grand tree, 11 the head is so finely 
massed, and yet so well broken, as to render it one of the 
noblest of park trees ; and when it grows wild amid the 
rocky scenery of its native Scotland, there is no tree which 
assumes so great or so pleasing a variety of character.’ 5 * In 
general appearance, the Scotch elm considerably resembles 
our White elm, and it is a very rapid grower. Its most orna- 
mental varieties are the Spiry-topped elm, ( U. m. fastigia - 
ta :,) with singularly twisted leaves, and a very upright 
growth : the weeping Scotch elm, ( U. m. pendula,) a very 
remarkable variety, the branches of which droop in a fan- 
like manner: and the Smooth-leaved Scotch elm, ( U. m. 
glabra.) 
There is scarcely any soil to which some of the different 
elms are not adapted. The European species prefer a deep, 
* Sir Thos. Lander, in Gilpin, 1. 91. 
