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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: (Tilia argentea), the Crimean, or yellow-twigged linden (Tilia dasystyla), and the large-leaved European linden (Tilia platyphylla). Tilia dasystyla is one of the best varieties for street-planting. The leaves are leathery and tough, and remain green until a hard frost, then they fall at one time. THE ELMS White or American Elm (Ulmus americana Linn.).? Standing absolutely alone for its especial kind of beauty, the white elm is deservedly the most familiar and popular of our native trees. No other tree combines such strength with so much grace. It is the striking ornament of New England landscapes, and in many towns the white elm is the predominant tree. New Haven has attained national fame as the Elm City. At all seasons of the year the elm is beautiful. In summer it rises like a great fountain of brilliant green, and in winter the detail of the arching limbs and pendulous branches stands out in relief against the sky. The white elm is one of the first trees to blossom in the spring. As early as the latter part of February, or the early part of March, the flower-buds begin to swell, and shortly afterward the small reddish-brown blossoms appear, so tiny that they frequently pass unnoticed. The fruit of the elm, or samara, as it is called, matures in May, when the leaves unfold. Flat, oval-shaped wings, about half an inch long, surround the small seeds and help the wind to scatter them from the parent tree. The leaves of the white elm are unequal at the base, are rough above and downy beneath. In autumn they turn a brown or golden yellow. Considered from the standpoint of adaptability for street- planting, it has been found that in spite of the natural 1. Winter twig. 2. Flowers. 3. Fruit and developing leaves. 4. Leaves. 5. Tree in winter. beauty of the white ...