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The British Elm Flora

Nature volume 153, page 199 (1944)Cite this article

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SURELY Dr. Melville is misquoting me. My statement was: "There are about twenty species, of which only two are prominent in the United Kingdom—the common elm (Ulmus campestris) and the wych elm (Ulmus montana)—with perhaps nine or more hybrids or varieties".

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