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Elm

Elm
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genus of plants

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  1. Italy gives the name of “Atinia”[2397] to the more lofty kinds, and gives the preference to those which are of a dry nature and will not grow in damp localities. Another variety is the Gallic elm,[2398] and a third, the Italian,[2399] with leaves lying closer together, and springing in greater numbers from a single stalk. A fourth kind is the wild elm. The Atinia does not produce any samara,[2400] that being the…

    the Elder Pliny, The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 3

    The chapter “CHAP. 29. (17.)—FOUR VARIETIES OF THE ELM.” is titled for Elm; names Elm several times.

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  2. LOISELEUR-DESLONGCHAMPS, originals of cultivated plants, 9; —Mongolian varieties of wheat, 9; —characters of the ear in wheat, 9; —acclimatisation of exotic wheat in Europe, 9; —effect of change of climate on wheat, 9; —on the supposed necessity of the coincident variation of weeds and cultivated plants, 9; —advantage of change of soil to plants, 18. _Lolium temulentum,_ variable presence of barbs in, 9. LONG-TAILED…

    Charles Darwin, The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication

    Names Elm twice; opens on Elm.

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  3. Thus the ends of a fresh carrot-leaf, which had been dragged into a burrow, were found after twelve hours of a dark brown tint. Leaves of celery, turnip, maple, elm, lime, thin leaves of ivy, and, occasionally those of the cabbage were similarly acted on. The end of a leaf of _Triticum repens_, still attached to a growing plant, had been drawn into a burrow, and this part was dark brown and dead, whilst the rest of…

    Charles Darwin, The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms

    Names Elm twice.

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