WHITE ELM. 
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States ; it is far inferior to the European Elm, which is a tree of very ex- 
tensive utility, and it deserves attention in the Old World only as the most 
magnificent vegetable of the temperate zone. 
PLATE CXXYI. 
A branch with leaves of the natural Size. Fig. 1, Flowers. Fig. 2, Seeds. 
[See Nuttall’s Supplement, Yol. I., p. 35.] 
[N<n7, Propagation , $c. The suckers produced by the Common Elm, 
both near and at a distance from the stem, afford a ready mode of propa- 
gation adopted throughout Europe ; the suckers are procured from the 
roots of grown-up trees, in hedgerows, or plantations. Layers from stools, 
and grafting on the U. Montana may also be employed ; the layers are 
made in autumn, or the winter, and are rooted, or fit to be taken off, in a 
year. The seeds fall from the tree as soon as they are ripe; and being 
swept up are sown immediately in beds of rich, light soil ; the seeds being 
placed about one inch apart every way, and covered to the depth of an 
eighth of an inch. The plants come up the same season, and are fit for 
transplanting into nursery lines in the autumn. 
The Elm is not a brittle tree, and not liable to be injured by high winds. 
It is however subject to many diseases, and attacked by many kinds of 
insects. As a noble ornamental tree its value is widely appreciated, and 
its importance in this respect does not require to be enforced. In New 
England, particularly, fine avenues are to be met with. In France the 
Elm is subjected to being trimmed in artificial forms, flat surfaces, and for 
hedges ; it is very patient of the knife ; at the town of Versailles, near 
Paris, and at other places on the continent, the traveller is struck with the 
formal avenues of Elm trees of very considerable size which have been 
subjected to an annual shearing; they then present a flat surface on each 
side of the street.] 
