Elm

The species of elm (Ulmus), the type of the natural order Ulmacee, are trees or shrubs, with alternate serrated and simple leaves, and fascieles of small, inconspicuous flowers which appear before the foliage. There are several varieties, the most ornamental and picturesque of which is the weeping elm, of which there are also several varieties. The American or white elm is found from the 49th to the 80th parallel of latitude, is abundant in the Western States, and extends beyond the Mi i ippi but attains its loftiest stature between lat. 42° and 46°; here it reaches the height of 100 feet, with a trunk 4 or 5 feet in diameter, rising sometimes 60 or 70 feet, when it separates into a few primary limbs which are at first approximate, or cro each other, but gradually diverge, diffusing on all sides long, arched, pendulous branches, which float in the air. It has been pronounced by Michaux the most magnificent tree of the temperate zone. The red or slippery elm is found over a great extent of country in North America as far S. as lat. 81°; it attains the height of 50 or 60 feet, with a trunk 15 or 20 inches in diameter; the wood is stronger and of a better Ey od than that of the white elm. he leaves and bark = an abundant mucilage, to which it owes one of its names, and which is used as a remedy in coughs, and in Slers, and other bowel complaints. The wahoo inhabits from lat. 87° to Florida, Louisiana, and Arkansas, and is a small tree, sometimes 30 feet high, remarkable from the branches ee ten being furnished on two opposite sides, with wings of cork 44 to 4 inches wide.