pruning and the leaves stay on until late autumn. 
The Greenskeeper of the Rolling Green Golf 
Club in Saginaw, Michigan, wrote in June, 1952: 
‘I would like to say that the 10 trees all 
are leafed out very nicely. I am very 
satisfied with them.” 
The Manager of the Flint Golf Club in Flint, 
Michigan, wrote in August, 1952: 
"In reply to your letter of August 11, 1 
assure you that we are delighted with 
the Augustine Ascending Elms we in- 
stalled two years ago. In total, out of 
the 212 trees we planted, we have ap- 
proximately 200 in vigorous growth and 
fine condition.” 
For the first time in the history of the Flint Golf 
Club, small nursery stock trees were set out 
directly on the fairways, and through draught 
and icy storm this hardy new Elm survived and 
thrived as noted in the excerpt from the letter 
above. 
CEMETERY 
Because of its lofty, rising, spire-like form, the 
Augustine Ascending Elm is suitable for ceme- 
tery planting or wherever a spiritual effect is de- 
sired in grounds and garden planting. A resident 
of Fort Madison, Iowa, wrote in August, 1952: 
“It is still my intention to plant ascend- 
ing elms on my lot at the cemetery and I 
will require possibly a dozen trees, and 
would like them to be equally as large if 
not a little larger than the ones that you 
sent me last fall.” 
The Managing Director of the Oak Ridge Ceme- 
tery in Springfield, Illinois, writes of the Augus- 
tine Ascending Elms which are planted near 
Lincoln’s Memorial Tomb there: 
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