. British trees. Trees. THE WYCH ELM. 537. RAMIFICATION. The trunk of the Wych Elm does not continue undivided for a great height, as so often happens v/ith the English Elm. Instead of this it divides into large limbs, and its individuality is lost. Sometimes the division occurs at some distance above the ground, sometimes near it. The limbs spread outwards as they ascend, and, unlike the English Elm, those near the top of the tree extend the furthest. They often form long sweeping curves that are not found in the English species, and the lower boughs are usually pendent. The branches and twig
. British trees. Trees. THE WYCH ELM. 537. RAMIFICATION. The trunk of the Wych Elm does not continue undivided for a great height, as so often happens v/ith the English Elm. Instead of this it divides into large limbs, and its individuality is lost. Sometimes the division occurs at some distance above the ground, sometimes near it. The limbs spread outwards as they ascend, and, unlike the English Elm, those near the top of the tree extend the furthest. They often form long sweeping curves that are not found in the English species, and the lower boughs are usually pendent. The branches and twigs make twists and curves, and are far less rigid than is the case with the other species, where the branches ramify but little and end in a bunch of twigs which are divided from one another by a smaller angle, and are, by comparison, rather. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cole, Rex Vicat, b. 1870; Kempe, Dorothy. London : Hutchinson
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