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     BY KEN MAYHEW. 
     
    
   
   
    
     If just one tree could be said to 
     
     characterize the cities and towns of North 
     
     America, then that tree must be the elm. 
     
     Often taller than the surrounding struc- 
     
     tures, its branches and leaves spreading 
     
     out among the highest buildings, this tree I 
     
     has lent its grace and beauty to many parks “ 
     
     and streets. 1“ 
     
    

    
     The value of the elm was not purely 
     
     aesthetic however. It provided wood for 
     
     furniture, boat building, and barrels for 
     
     dry goods. In fact, according to Native 
     
     Trees of Canada, by R.C. Hosie, "in many a 
     
     farm kitchen, the white, scrubbed, elm-top- » v - 
     
     ped table was a symbol of the housewife's insistence on cleanliness." 
     
    

    
     Unfortunately, this story has taken a sad turn, as in recent years 
     
     this most graceful of trees has been struck down by a killer: Dutch Elm 
     
     Disease. Today in many parts of its former range, the elm has all but 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
       
     
           
     
       
     
           
     
        
     
        
     
           
     
          
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     THE FUNGUS-BEETLE CYCLE, from the USDA's Dutch Elm Disease & Its Control