10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WITCH-ELM»
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The timber-tree improved, or, The best practical methods of ...
Bottom, joining to Little Gaddesden, there grow several Witch-Elm, and natural
Elm Trees. The Witch-Elm, in this, acquires a tougher Wood, than it 'does in some
other Earths, and the natural or common Elm, a shorter and softer Wood, than it ...
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Ellis's Husbandry: Abridged and Methodized: Comprehending ...
To this account, I add, that in Nettleden gravelly bottom, joining to Little
Gaddesden, there grow several witch-elm, and natural elm trees. The witch-elm,
in this, acquires a tougher wood, than it does in some other earths, and the
natural or ...
205. 297: see also Long Walk (Br) Windsor chair. 105. 60 Windsor Forest. 205
Wingfleld, 304 Winkfield (Br). 205 Winsham (So). 222 Winterbourn. T. H., 299
Wirksworth (Db). 187 Wise, Henry, 53, 113 Wishanger (Ha). 216 witch (elm). see
wych ...
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The Timber-tree Improved ...
Bottom, joining to Little Gaddesalen, there grow several Witch-Elm; and natural
Elm Trees. The . Witch-Elm, in this, acquires a tougher Wood, than it-doesnin
lsiome-other Earths, and- the natural oneommon Elm, a shorter and softer Wood,
...
The witch-elm, in this, acquires a tougher wood, than it does in some other earths
, and the natural or common elm a shorter and softer wood, than it does in clays
and stiff loams ; and when it is so, the grain does not knit, or grow twisting one ...
But observe, that the Elm, I would recommend, is not the common Elm, for that
will not answer here like the Witch-Elm. It is the Witch-Elm that I would preser for
this Purposes because this will suffer Lopping much better than the other, will ...
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THE ENCYCLOPEDIA AMERICANA
WITCH, or WYCH, ELM, the common broad-leaved elm (Uhnus glabra) of
England and Scotland, which does not grow to so large dimensions as the field
elm; nevertheless at Selborne, Gilbert White measured a witch elm which, seven
feet ...
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The North America Sylva: Or, A Description of the Forest ...
... Witch Elm, the broad -leaved Witch Elm, and the upright Witch Elm. On the
Continent we possess these principal varieties and those that are referred to
them ; but we consider the Dutch Elm as a distinct species, not derived, like the
ethers ...
François André Michaux, 1819
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The North American sylva, or, A description of the forest ...
... the narrow-leaved Cornish Elm , the Dutch Elm , the black Worcestershire Elm,
the narrow-leaved Witch Elm, the broad -leaved Witch Elm, and the upright Witch
Elm. On the Continent we possess these principal varieties and those that are ...
François André Michaux, Augustus Lucas Hillhouse, 1819
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Dictionary of Plant Lore
Smollett knew of Wych Elm's prophylactic qualities, for he has a character in
Humphrey Clinker say “As for me, I put my trust in the Lord; and I have got a slice
of witch elm sewed in the gathers of my under petticoat”. Opie & Tatem were able
to ...
