Foster, Edwin W · Boston : Ginn and Company · leaf 104
a form known as double-toothed. The leaf is coarse and roughto the touch, in marked contrast to thebirch family, whose leaves it slightlyresembles. There are several elms famous in the his-tory of our country. At Cambridge is the old elm underwhich George Washington drew his sword and took com-mand… … Fig. 104. Leaf ofAmerican Elm 96 ELEMENTARY WOODWORKING Indians under the branches of a magnificent elm, whichremained standing until it was over two hundred yearsold, when it was finally blown down. The spot has beenmarked by a marble column. The tree is called the American, or ivJiite, elm, and…
Woodwork · Trees
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