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Ulmua campestris, L * 
The ordinary Elm, indigenous to South Europe and temperate Asia, as 
far East ns Japan. Several maiked varieties, such as ihe Cork Elm 
and VVycb Elm, exist. The Elnr in attaining an age of several centuries 
becomes finally of enormous size. The wood is tough, hard, fim-grained, 
and remarkably durable, if constantly under water; next to the Yew, it 
is the best of European woods, where great elasticity is required, as for 
archery bows. It is also used for keels, blocks aud wheels Bast tough. 
Ulmua Floridana, Chapman. 
The West Florida Elm, 40 feet high. 
Ulmua fulva, Michx. 
The Slippery or Red Elm of Notth America, 60 feet high; wood red, 
tenacious. 
Ulmus raoemoaa, Thomas. 
The Cork Elm of North America. 
For fuller information on trees, long known, refer to Loudon’s 
Classic “ Arboretum ; ” also for many further details to Lindley’s 
Treasury of Botany, to Asa Gray’s Manual, to Nuttall’s North 
American Sylva, to Lawson’s Pine turn, and many local works; 
also to the volumes of the Exhibitions of 1862 and 1867. 
The trees marked with an asterisk * should receive prominent 
attention in Victorian woodculture. The dimensions given are the 
greatest, of which the writer could trace reliable records. 
S11LLWKLL AND XMGI1T, PRINTERS, COLLIN8 STREET EAST, MELBOURNE* 
