. Early British botanists and their gardens . The Wych Elm.^ peele from the v/ood of the boughes from the one end to the other, a dozen foot in length or more, without breaking, whereof are often made cords or ropes: the timber hereof is in colour neere like the first; it is nothing so firme or strong for naves of Carts as the first is, but will more easily cleave; this timber is also covered with a white sappe next the barke: the branches or young . ^ Ger. emac, 1481. 3 ; copied in Parkinson, (Stokes'edit, of Wither^ ing, 1787.)

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