592 THE BOTANICAL EXCHANGE CLUB OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 
Ulmus . Black Notley, Essex, N., September 1910 [ref. 
No. 4267]. From a beautiful tree very near to where Ray is 
buried. The leaves to me are rather too small for glab? a . — 
G. Claridge Druce. ? Under U. glabra , Miller. Leaves 
resembling the Cornish elm in size and texture. — A. B. Jackson. 
Ulmus [ref. No. 4820]. Wadenhoe, Northants., Sep- 
tember 1910. — G. Claridge Druce. ? Under U. glabra. Foliage 
like that of U. stricta, Lindl. — A. B. Jackson. 
Ulmus [ref. No. 4703], with pendulous branches and 
smaller leaves than type glabra. Stansteadbury, Herts., August 
1910. — G. Claridge Druce. ? Under U. glabra, Miller. — A. B. 
Jackson. 
Ulmus glabra. Mill., var. minor. Mill. ? Wadenhoe, North- 
ants., July 1910. This variety was as common as the type in 
this part of North Northants. — Augustin Ley. Under U. glabra. 
Mill. I do not know var. minor. The foliage of this is very 
like the Cornish elm {U. stricta, Lind.). There appear to be two 
distinct gatherings of this, but they are not distinguished on 
the labels. Some notes should have been furnished as to height 
and habit of tree ; character of bark, size of bole, &c., which 
would have made the material more valuable and easier to report 
upon. — A. B. Jackson. These are very typical examples of the 
plant which Mr. Ley in his papers on Elms (‘ Journ. of Bot.,’ 1910) 
names Ulmus glabra. Mill., var. minor. Mill. However, 1 do 
not agree to its being U. minor. Mill. The tree is locally abundant 
in hedgerows near Cambridge, and occurs in woods in Cambridge- 
shire and Norfolk. I have also seen the plant in hedgerows in 
Hampshire, Leicestershire, and Lincolnshire. I believe that the 
tree, like Carpinus, Fagus, and some others, is indigenous in 
south-eastern England. It is apparently widespread on the con- 
tinent of Europe, judging from its long list of synonyms. In its 
extreme form it has very small winter buds, and very thin and 
interlacing twigs which make a delicate tracery against the sky. 
In this slate, it is easily distinguishable at a mere glance. Not 
only its leaves but its fruits also are smaller than those of U. 
glabra. Mill. It comes into flower near Cambridge some weeks 
later than U. glabra. Mill., and is the last elm to come into flower 
and foliage. Doubtless some specimens which in past years have 
been passed by the Club as U. glabra. Mill., belong to this 
small-leaved elm. Mr. A. Henry states (see ‘ Card. Chron.,’ 
xlvii., p. 257) that there are only two species (viz. U. glabra. 
Mill., and U. montana) of British elms which come true from 
seed. The mixed seedlings given by our elms have been a 
puzzle to botanists for more than a hundred years. Martyn 
