3 JULY 1909, Page 24

WYCH ELMS.

[TO THE EDITOR Or THII "SEYOrATOR," J 5151,—Can any botanist explain the remarkable excess of seed- pods and defect of leaves in the wych elms of this year Old men tell me that it is without precedent.—I am, Sir, &c.,

W. H. WHITING.

Sutton Bridge Vicarage, Lincolnshire.