| Image title: | Wych Elm. |
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| Source: | White, The Rev. Gilbert: “The Natural History of Selborne” (1879) |
| Place shown: | Selborne, Hampshire, England |
| Keywords: | trees, greyscale |
| Status: | out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free stock image for all purposes usage credit requested |
Notes: |
“In the court of Norton farmhouse, a manor farm to the north-west of the village [of Selborne], on the white malms, stood within these twenty years a broad-leaved elm, or wych hazel, ulmus folio latissimo scabro of Ray, which, though it had lost a considerable leading bough in the great storm in the year 1703, equal to a moderate tree, yet, when felled, contained eight loads of lumber; and being too bulky for a carriage, was sawn off at seven feet above the butt, where it measured near eight feet in the diameter. This elm I mention to show to what a bulk planted elms may attain; as this tree must certainly have been such from its situation.” (pp. 7,8) |
| Dimensions: | 85 x 100mm (3.3 x 3.9 inches) |
| Filename: | 008-Wych-Elm-q75-586x678.jpg |
| Blog image: | http://fromoldbooks.org/r/1a/008-Wych-Elm-q75-432x500.jpg |
| Blog link: | http://fromoldbooks.org/r/1a/pages/008-Wych-Elm/ |
| Scanner dpi: | 2400 |
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