. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 2613. A Feathered Elm—Ulmus Americana. Var. Isevis, Spacli { U. nlteiis, Mouch. U. gUthra, Mill., not Huds. Lf. carpinifdlia, Lindl.). Tree with- out suckers: branches spreading:, sometimes pendulous, not cork}-: Ivs. ovate or obovate to obovate-obloug, gla- brous and smooth above, glabrous or pubescent only at
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 2613. A Feathered Elm—Ulmus Americana. Var. Isevis, Spacli { U. nlteiis, Mouch. U. gUthra, Mill., not Huds. Lf. carpinifdlia, Lindl.). Tree with- out suckers: branches spreading:, sometimes pendulous, not cork}-: Ivs. ovate or obovate to obovate-obloug, gla- brous and smooth above, glabrous or pubescent only at the veins beneath, 2-4 in. lon^: tis. distinctly petioled, with 5-6 exserted stamens; fr. obovate. Var. Jap6nica, Sarg. in herb. Tree, attaining 80 ft.: )"jrancliL-,s liglit yellowish gray, covered with short pu- bescence when young: petioles densely pubescent, % in- long: Irs. oblong-obovate, glabrous above, grayish pu bescent beneath, 4-6 in. long: fls. almost sessile. Japan. 6:327. —This form very much resembles the Ameri- can Elm in liabit, foliage and pubescence, but the fls. and fr. are like those of U. cainpeatris; it ]nay prove to be a distinct species. The following are the most i]nportant horticultural forms : Var. Antarctica. Arb. Kew. Shrub or small tree, with sleinler often pendulous branches: Ivs. slen- der-petioled, obovate, incisely doubly serrate, some- what curled, 1-2M iii. h>iig. V;ir. Antarctica aTlrea, Hort. {W. caiitpestris (titrra, IMnrr. f-. Eossei'ls'il, Hort.). Siniilar to the preceding but with yellow Ivs. Var. Berardi, Bushy shrub, with slender, upriglit branches: Ivs. oblong to narrow-oblong, with few coarse teeth, ^.i-l in. buig; it l.)elongs, perhaps, to Zelkowa. Var. Clemmeri, T-Tovt. Narrow pyramidal tree with spreading sliort branches and oval, sonipwhat rouu,'h Ivs. Var. Cornubiensis, Loud. (var. SarnUUisifi, Loud. r. ]Vhe<i//ri/i, Hort. U, strU-ta, Liudl.). GrEiiNSEY Elm. ( Elm. Tree, with short as- c
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