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« Though a tree of consort, sociable, and affecting to 
grow in company,” the elm is not a forester; it demands 
more ample room for the due expansion both of its 
roots and branches, than the forest generally affords: 
hence it is better fitted for the park and the lawn; 
yet it by no means confines itself to such aristocratic 
situations; not less it loves “ dingle and bushy dell,” 
and homely hedgerow also, where, indeed, it is perhaps 
more frequently met with than any other tree; thus 
exemplifying the propriety of Milton’s epithet of 
“ hedgerow elms.” 
The Romans used to train the vine round the elm, 
which afforded their poets many fanciful allusions, — 
allusions which have been followed out by our own 
bards. Thus Milton says, — 
-■ “ they led the vine 
To wed her elm.” 
And Beaumont, — 
u the amorous vine 
Doth with the fair and straight-limb’d elm entwine.” 
While Shakspeare, more true to English scenery, 
substitutes the ivy for the vine: — 
