Victorian gardens: The art of beautifying suburban home grounds (1870)
Scott, Frank J. (Frank Jesup), 1828-1919 · [n.p.] D. Appleton & Co. · leaf 128
th in the part above the twist. The next spring, if theseunited branches have done well, the outer branches of both treesmay be cut off at a, a, and grafted with scions of the Scamstonelm. If the grafts take, and the growth and trimming of allparts are properly attended to, the lower growth forming… … The Scamston elm grows with great vigor in a horizontal anddownward direction only, and its long annual shoots, and darkglossy leaves overlap each other so closely that an arch cut in oneside has the appearance of being cut through a mound of solidverdure. Their tops are flatly rounded, like…
