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LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 
fan-like manner : and the Smooth-leaved Scotch elm ( V 
m. glabra). 
There is scarcely any soil to which some of the 
different elms are not adapted. The European species 
prefer a deep, dry soil ; the Scotch or Wych elm will 
thrive well even in very rocky places ; and the White 
elm grows readily in all soils, but most luxuriantly in 
moist places. All the species attain their maximum size 
when planted in a deep loam, rather moist than dry. 
They bear transplanting remarkably well, suffering but 
little even from the mistaken practice of those persons 
who reduce them in transplanting to the condition of 
bare poles, as they shoot out a new crop of branches, 
and soon become beautiful young trees in spite of the 
mal-treatment. As the elm scarcely produces a tap 
root, even large trees may be removed, when the 
operation is skilfully performed. In such cases, the 
recently-removed tree should be carefully and plentifully 
supplied with water until it is well established in its 
new situation. The elm is also easily propagated by 
seed, layers, or, in some species, by suckers from the 
root. 
The Plane or Buttonwood Tree. Platanus. 
Nat. Ord. Platanacese. Lin. Syst. Monoecia, Polyandria. 
The plane, Platanus derives its name from 
broad, on account of the broad, umbrageous nature of its 
branches. It is a well known tree of the very largest 
