Times Independent | 1928-02-02 | Page 6 | Rapid Growth Wins Chinese Elm Favor

rapid growth wins chinese elm favor washington developing in four seasons from a shoot three feet tall and the size of a lead pencil to a tree 15 to 25 feet high and 16 to 19 inches in circumference the chinese elm na won popularity in this country species introduced into th onsted states nearly 20 years igo la widely adaptable for shade and as a windbreak it grows with numerous slender almost wiry branches leaves appear early in the spring they are among the last to fall tn autumn free from plant diseases and in sects the chinese elm grows rapidly and Is particularly valuable in regions of light rainfall and extremes of temperatures where few trees three it has withstood the severe winters of the northern states an the dry clemite near yuma araz