Millard County Chronicle | 1928-01-26 | Page 3 | Rapid Growth Wins Chinese Elm Favor

Rapid Growth Wins I Chinese Elm Favor Favo Developing In f ur seasons from a shOt sheet three feet talland tall taiL and th size of a lead pencil to a tree 15 to 25 feet high high and 16 to m 19 inches In circumference e the Chinese elm nay nai won popularity In this country The fhe species Introduced Into tha United States nearly 20 years ago ugo is wIdely adaptable for shade and as a windbreak It grows with numerous slender almost alm st wiry branches Leaves appear early In the lie spring They are among the last to fall fail In autumn Free from plant diseases and Insects insects In- In sects the ChInese elm grows rapidly and Is particularly valuable In do regions re- re s re-s gions of light raInfall and extremes of temperatures where few trees thrive It has withstood the severe ere winters of the thc northern states and the dry climate 1 te near Ulna Punta Ariz