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ruks which I have ventured to lay down, as they 
have been found in great mades under ground, and 
their not continuing to grow in the fame fpot or 
neighbourhood hath been endeavoured to be account- 
ed lor. 
As I travel a good deal during the fummer, and 
attend to matters of this fort, I fliall now venture to 
mention fome other trees, which do not feem to be 
•indigenous, though they are commonly conceived to 
be fo, as well as by fome great botanids, who have 
treated of Englifh plants and trees. 
I cannot think tliat the elm, which we fee every 
where, is indigenous. My reafons are, that I have never 
feen it out of a hedge-row, avenue, or clump, though 
it is a tree which fhoots vigoroudy from the ftool : I 
have likcvvife never obferved any feeds on this tree, 
though you have lately informed me, that they (land 
on very diort footftalks, and that the bloffom in the 
fpring is of a pale red. 
Upon looking into Mr. Miller’s Dictionary, I find 
he likewife afferts that this tree bears feed ; but at the 
fame time mentions its being difficult, if not im- 
practicable, to fupply the nurferies from it; which 
fhews that it fcarcely ever comes to maturity in this 
climate. 
The Wych (or broad-leaved) elm, however, is cer- 
tainly of natural growth in this country j though it is 
more common In Scotland, and the northern parts of 
England, than in the fouthern counties. 
For the fame reafons, I cannot allow the lime to be 
indigenous, though in fome years the feed becomes 
mature. 
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