. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky Mountains, photo-descriptive . Trees. Handbook of Trees of the Noetiieen States a:s^d Canada. 187 Compared with the large elms of the North- ern States, the Winged Elm is a tree of medium size. It rarely attains a greater height than 50 or 60 ft. or greater thickness of trunk than 2 ft., and when isolated forms a sym- metrical oblong or obovoid top. It inhabits well drained uplands and the borders of swamps and streams, being most abundant in the regions west of the Mississippi River in company with the Hackberries, Ho
. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky Mountains, photo-descriptive . Trees. Handbook of Trees of the Noetiieen States a:s^d Canada. 187 Compared with the large elms of the North- ern States, the Winged Elm is a tree of medium size. It rarely attains a greater height than 50 or 60 ft. or greater thickness of trunk than 2 ft., and when isolated forms a sym- metrical oblong or obovoid top. It inhabits well drained uplands and the borders of swamps and streams, being most abundant in the regions west of the Mississippi River in company with the Hackberries, Honey Locust, Willow-leaf and Shingle Oaks, Prickly Ash, etc. It differs materially from our northern elms in the size of its small leaves, and a pecu- liar feature is the wide wing-like growths of cork which develop on opposite sides of some of its branchlets, particularly the lowermost and those near the trunk of the tree. It is from this feature that it takes both its com- mon and technical names. Its wood is heavy, a cubic foot when abso- lutely drj' weighing lbs., hard and diffi- cult to split, though it is not considered as strong as that of the northern Lcnrcs ovate-ohloDg:, from abruptly wedge-sbaped to subcordate at base and somewhat inequilateral, acute or acuminate, serrate, at maturity firm, smooth, dark Kreen above, pale pubescent be- neatli. Flowers appearing in early spring before the leaves, in short few-flowered fascicles; calyx glabrous with n ohovate lobes. Fniit ripening usually before the unfolding of the leaves, samara from V-i-Va in. in length, long-stipitate, white- hairy especially on the thickened margin ; wings narrow and with protruded points incurved at apex. 1. A. W., XII, 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 Hough, Romeyn Beck, 1857-1924. Low
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