. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. LXVI. t^LMA CE^ : PLA NER^. 725 Distinguished from the white American elm by its buds, which are larget and rounder; and which, a fortnight before their developement, are covered with a russet down. It is less abundant than the white American elm ; and the two species are rarely found to
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. LXVI. t^LMA CE^ : PLA NER^. 725 Distinguished from the white American elm by its buds, which are larget and rounder; and which, a fortnight before their developement, are covered with a russet down. It is less abundant than the white American elm ; and the two species are rarely found together, as the red elm requires a substantial soil, free froni moisture, and even delights in elevated and open situations. The heart-wood is coarser-grained and less compact than that of U. ameri- cana, and is of a dull red tinge; whence the name of red elm. There are small plants bearini^ the name of U. fulva, in Loddiges's arboretum ; but they are scarcely, if at all, distinguishable from U. americana. i 10. U. ala'ta Mchx. The Wahoo, or Cori-winged, Elm. Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., I. p. 173.'; Pursh Sept., 1. p. 200. Synonynies. U. piimila iFalt. Fl. Carol. Ill ; Wahoo, Indians of North America, Engravings. Michx. North Amer. Sylva, ; and our.;^. 1403. Spec. Char., Src. Leaves like those of Carpinus .Betiilus L. Branches bearing two longitudinal corky wings. Leaves with short petioles, and disks that are oblong-oval, narrowed to an acute point, almost equal at the base, toothed. Samara downy, bearing a dense fringe of hairs at the edge. (^Mickx.) A middle-sized deciduous tree. Virginia, Carolina, and Georgia. Height 30 ft. to 40 ft. Introduced in 1820. Flowers and samara as in the preceding species. The most remarkable part of this species is, a fungous appendage, two or three lines wide, attached to the branches throughout their whole length; from which the name of alata (winged) has been given. The wood is fine-grained, more compact, heavier, and stron
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