. Our native trees and how to identify them; a popular study of their habits and their peculiarities. Trees. ELM FAMILY great size, or because of some greai event occurring beneath tlieir branches. For example, the Washington Ehii in Cam- bridge, Massachusetts, is so called because beneath its shade Gen- eral Washington is said to have hrst drawn his sword, on taking command of the American arm\. Tlie famous treaty of William f-'enn with the Indians was made beneath the branches of an enor- mous elm, which remained stand- ing in the suburbs of Philadel- phia until 1810, when it was blown down.
. Our native trees and how to identify them; a popular study of their habits and their peculiarities. Trees. ELM FAMILY great size, or because of some greai event occurring beneath tlieir branches. For example, the Washington Ehii in Cam- bridge, Massachusetts, is so called because beneath its shade Gen- eral Washington is said to have hrst drawn his sword, on taking command of the American arm\. Tlie famous treaty of William f-'enn with the Indians was made beneath the branches of an enor- mous elm, which remained stand- ing in the suburbs of Philadel- phia until 1810, when it was blown down. Its site is marked by a marble column and its age was estimated to be two hundred and thirty-three White Elm, Ulma^ .iinni as Yz' long. SLIPPERY ELM. RED ELM Ulnnts pub('sccns— UUnus fiilva. Ficlvdy reddish yellow, refers to the color of the wood. Pubt'sccns^ downy. Slippery characterizes the inner bark. Common. Sixty to seventy feet in height, trimk sometimes two feet in diameter and spreading branches which form a broad, open, flat-topped head. Prefers banks of streams and fertile hillsides ; roots fibrous. Ranges from St. Lawrence River to Florida and throughout the entire Mississippi valley. Bark.—Dark brown tinged with red. divided by shallow fissures, and covered with large loose plates. Branchlets stout, bright green, later light brown, finally dark gray or brown. Wood.—Dark brown or red ; heavy, hard, close-grained, strong, tough, durable in contact with the soil, and easy to split while green. When boiled or it becomes very flexible. Used for fence posts, railway ties, sills of buildings, agricultural iinplements. Sp. gr., ; weight of cu. ft , lbs. WintiT Buds. — Leaf-l:)ud5 ovate, rather obtuse, one-fourth of an inch long, covered with tawny hairs. Flower-buds larger than leaf- buds. Inner scales enlarge with the growing shoot and become green, obtuse, hairy, the innermost serve as stipules for a time. 240. Please note that these
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