INDIANAPOLIS ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 
All these varieties are bountifully distributed throughout 
the State. The most common are the white and the red. 
The white elm is a forest tree of the largest size and most 
vigorous growth. A. Michaux justly names it “the most 
magnificent vegetable of America.” Its immense branch¬ 
ing arms and beautiful foliage make it a great favorite in 
woods, parks, lawns or streets. There are few trees so 
tenacious of life, and it bears transplanting better than any 
other large tree. The elm is a serviceable wood for limber 
where strength and toughness are required. The red and 
white elms are much used for frame timber, but are not in 
good repute for thin planks, as the boards twist and warp in 
drying, and shrink greatly both in length and breadth, but it 
bears d-iving of bolts and nails better than any other wood.. 
The red is especially a strong, tough, light wood, much 
employed for stave timber and headings, and for rhe hubs 
and felloes of wagons. Hickory elm is durable for posts, 
beams, and for piles and plankings for wet foundations. 
Young elm is a favorite hoop-pole stuff. 
