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crooks nearly equal in largeness to tlie bole of the tree. This tree affords a very great naturalcariosity to the eye of a lover of trees. (For. Guide, p. 392.)

Statistics of existing Trees In England. At Muswell Hill, it is 85 ft. high, the diameter of thetrunk 3ft and of the head 45it. In Hampshire , at Alresford, 81 years planted, it is 72 ft. high,diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 5 in., and of the head 36 ft In the Isle of Wight, in Wilkins’s Nursery,it is 25 ft. high. In Somersetshire , at Nettlecombe, 40 years planted, it is 65 tt. high, the diameterof the trunk 1 ft. 11 in., and of the head 26 ft. In Surrey , at Farnham Castle, it is 80 ft. high, diameterof the trunk 2 ft. 4 in., and of the head 86 ft.; at St, Anne’s Hill, it is 70 ft. high, diameter of trunk 4 ft.,and of the head 99 ft. In Bedfordshire , at Woburn Abbey , is one with a trunk 6} ft, and the diameterof the head 92 ft. In Monmouthshire , at Dowlais House, 20 years old, it is 30 ft. high. In Oxfordshire ,in the Oxford Botanic Garden, it is 100 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 10 in.,and£of the head 120 ft.

In Worcestershire , at Croome,70 years planted, it is 70 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 4 ft., and of thehead 28 ft.; at Hagley, 10 years planted, it is 14 ft. high. In Yorkshire , at Grimstone, 12.. yearsplanted, it is 24 ft. high. ......

U . montuna in Scotland . In the Horticultural Garden, Inverleith, 99 years planted, it is 18 ft.high; at Hopetoun House, 100 years planted, it is 60 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 4 ft., and of thehead 51 ft. In Clackmannanshire, in the garden of the Dollar Insti-tution, 12 years planted, it is 30ft. high, diameter of the trunk 1ft.,and of the head 24 ft. In Lanarkshire, at Pollock, are some verylarge wych elms, one of which figured by Strutt in 1812 was then86 ft. high, but in October, 18.39, it was again measured for this work,and was found 90ft. high, tire diameter of the trunk nearly 4ft.,at 5 ft. from the ground. There are three other elms at Pollock nearlyas large; and one which is reported to have been planted by SirThomas Maxwell, lord advocate of William III. , and one of thecommissioners of the union, and which must consequently be up-wards of 180 years old. In Perthshire, at Kinfauns Castle, it is70ft. high, diameter of the trunk 6| ft, and of the head 60ft. Asketch of this tree was sent us by Mr. liobertson, gardener at Kin-fauns Castle, of winch Jig. 1244. is an engraving, reduced to thescale of 1 in. to 50 ft. In Stirlingshire, at A irthrey Castle, it is 63 ft.high, diameter of the trunk 4 ft., and of the head 48 ft.; at Callender ‘

Park, it is 46 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 5 ft., and of thehead 66 ft.

U. montuna in Ireland . In Cork , at Castle Freke, it is 50 ft. high,diameter of the trunk 1 ft. Sin., and of the head 32ft. In Louth , near Mansfieldstown, at Pawn,a tree planted to commemorate the birth of the grandfather of the present proprietor, and which isconsidered to be of about 120 years’ growth, is 70 ft. high ; the diameter of the trunk at the base 9 ft.

8 in., at 6 ft. from the ground 5 ft. 4 in., and the diameter of the head 90 ft.

Commercial Statistics. Plants, in the London nurseries, are, seedlings 5s.per thousand ; transplanted seedlings, from 1 ft. to 2 ft. high, 15s. per thou-sand ; from 2 ft. to 3 ft. high, 25s. per thousand ; from 4 ft. to 6 ft. high, 50s.per thousand. At Bollwyller, large plants are 1 franc each; and at NewYork, they are 5 cents each.

^ 7. U. (m.) gla'bra Mill. The smooth-leaved, or Wych , Elm.

Identijicatian. Mill. Diet. , ed. 8., No. 4.; Cullum, 97.; Engl. Bot, t. 2248.; Sm. Engl. FI., 2. p. 23.;

Hook. Br. FI., p. 142.; Lindl. Synop., p. 226.; Mackay FJ. Hibern., pt. 1. p. 241.

Synonymes. U. montuna <3 Fl . Br., 282.; Hull., ed. 2., 75., XJ. fblio glkbro Ger. Emac., 1481. f.,Fail Syn., 469.; U. campestris var. 3. With. 279.; the feathered Elm.

Engravings. Engl. Bot., t. 2248.; Ger. Emac., 1481. f.; and our fig. 1245,

Spec. Char., §c. Leaves elliptic-oblong, doubly serrated, smooth. Flowersnearly sessile, 5-cleft. Samara obovate, naked, deeply cloven. (Smith.')A tall elegant tree, with spreading, rather drooping, smooth, blackishbranches, scarcely downy in their earliest stage of growth. NLeaves smaller than any of the preceding (except XJ. cam-pestris), as well as more oblong; strongly serrated, veryunequal at the base, not elongated at the extremity ; theirsubstance firm, or rather rigid; the surface of both sidesvery smooth to the touch, and without any hairs beneath,except the axillary pubescence of the ribs, which oftenforms a narrow downy line along the midrib. Flowersnearly sessile, with 5 short, bluntish, fringed segments,and as many longish stamens; the anthers of which areroundish heart-shaped. Samara smaller than most otherspecies, obovate, cloven down to the seed, smooth, often ^reddish. A native of Britain , chiefly in England, in *woods and hedges; and forming the most common elmm some parts of Essex . It bears seeds in nearly as great abundance as U.montana, and it. does not throw up suckers; which convinces us that it isonly a variety of that species. The propagation, culture, See., of U. glabraand its varieties are the same as in the preceding sort; but, to preserve thelatter distinct, they ought to be grafted.

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