. Our native trees and how to identify them; a popular study of their habits and their peculiarities. Trees. ELM FAMILY WINGED ELM. WAHOO L 'hniis alala. Alala, winsied, referrinsj to the bark of the branchlets. Small tree, forty or fifty feet high, with short spreading branches and open round-topped head, the smaller branches with corky wings. Native to the southern states, though appearing in southern Illi- nois and southern Indiana. Prefers dry gravelly uplands, though found in alluvial soil. Roots fibrous. Bark.—Brown tinged with red, divided by shallow fissures into flat ridges covered wi
. Our native trees and how to identify them; a popular study of their habits and their peculiarities. Trees. ELM FAMILY WINGED ELM. WAHOO L 'hniis alala. Alala, winsied, referrinsj to the bark of the branchlets. Small tree, forty or fifty feet high, with short spreading branches and open round-topped head, the smaller branches with corky wings. Native to the southern states, though appearing in southern Illi- nois and southern Indiana. Prefers dry gravelly uplands, though found in alluvial soil. Roots fibrous. Bark.—Brown tinged with red, divided by shallow fissures into flat ridges covered with small scales. Branchlets slender, light green tinged with red, later become brown tinged with red and de- velop corky wings which remain for a long time. Wood. — Light brown ; heavy, hard close-grained, not strong, but difficult to split. Has very little value. Sp. gr., ; weight of cu. ft., lbs. Winter Buds.—Leaf-buds slender, acute, one-eighth of an inch long, smooth or downy ; flower-buds longer. Leaves.—Alternate, ovate-oblong, often slightly falcate, two to two and a half inches long, oblique or rounded at base, doubly ser- rate, acute or acuminate. They come out of the bud conduplicate, pale green, often tinged with red, hairy, when full grown are thick, firm, dark green and smooth above, pale green, downy below. Feather-veined, midrib and prominent. In autumn they turn a pale yellow. Petioles short, stout, hairy. Stipules large, caducous. Flowers.—March, before the leaves. Per- fect, greenish brown. Borne on drooping ped- icels in few-flowered clusters, furnished with both bracts and bractlets. ovate,. —Campanulate, with five rounded lobes, imbricate in bud. as the lobes of the Corolla.—Wanting. Stamens.—As many corolla. Pistil.—Ovary superior, raised on a short stipe and coated with white tomentum, one- celled by abortion ; stigmas two. Fruit.—Samaras, winged all round ; mature at the unfolding of the leaves, oblong, one-
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