21 MARCH 1914, Page 16

ELM BLOSSOMS [To ens Zones or vs. " Srecraroa.".1 SIR,

—Your correspondent in your last issue says that he cannot find any mention of elm blossoms in Tennyson The poem "To Mary Boyle" begins as follows :— " Spring-flowers' While you still delay to take Your leave of Town, Our elmtree's ruddy-hearted blossom-flake Is fluttering down."

—I am, Sir, dm., C. B. MACKINTOSH.

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