WHY THE CHINESE ELM 
IS THE MOST TALKED OF TREE IN THE WEST TODAY 
1. —The Chinese Elm is a tree of rare beauty. It has heavy, dark green foliage of the Elm type with delicate 
fine twigs. It combines the beauty of the best Elms with the gracefulness of the Cut Leaf Birch. 
2. —It resists drought and cold, thrives on poor soil and makes a fine showing in spite of neglect. 
3. —It is £l tree of rapid -growth—growing as rapidly as the Soft Maple or Cottonwood. It is not uncommon 
for a 2-ft. seedling: in the Nursery row to become a 10-ft. tree in two seasons. 
4. —It holds its foliage until late in the Fall—adding three or four weeks to the year’s growing season. 
A GREAT HEDGE 
Chinese Elm is proving to be especially adaptable for a fine, closely trimmed, well kept hedge. In China this 
plant is used as much for hedges as it is for trees. Its habit of making fine branches, fine twigs and ex¬ 
tremely fine thick foliage makes it an ideal plant to respond to trimming. Many people will prefer to use this 
in the snow fence as the second row in Caragana—that is, one of Caragana and one of Chinese Elm. It is 
an ideal hedge for farms or the rear yard hedges. When a dense low hedge is wanted smaller sized seedlings 
should be used, double spaced and cut low to force low, fine branching. The inclosed picture from the gov¬ 
ernment station in Washington, tells the story of the wonderful adaptability of this remarkable plant. 
CAUTION: 
Do not plant on low, wet land, but plant on higher ground. Do not 
force growth late in the season but permit tree to ripen early. 
CHINESE ELM TRIMMED HEDGE 
Government Arboretum, Washington, D. C. 
