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	a, A Sad Sight
	An all too often repeated sight across the UK where elms surviving as suckers have got large enough to suffer re-infection with the elm disease. Many elms are still present in shrubby form but consensus has it that it will be many decades before any chance of recovery is possible if at all.

	b, An elm returns?
	This is a close up of the foliage of Ulmus americana Princeton; with an amazing tolerance to the dreaded Dutch Elm Disease which has been responsible for the loss of over 20 million elms of all types across the UK.

	c, An Historic Avenue
	Ulmus americana Princeton is a selected form of the native American elm chosen for its good looks and easy growing nature. Original avenues are still intact after 80 years and so was recently the perfect choice of tree for Pennsylvania Avenue in front of a certain famous Whitehouse.

	d, Just Arrived ?
	Although having been in the UK for a very short period of time the Princeton appears to be settling down happily. This picture kindly taken by Butterfly Conservation shows one of the elms taking part in their long term trial trying to ascertain the true value of different elms to wildlife.

	e, En Masse
	Grown on their own roots, essential to ensure full protection from the disease, elm saplings are field grown on a large scale in the USA to try and keep up with demand.

	f, Royal Avenue
	The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall plant the disease tolerant Princeton Elm (Ulmus americana ‘Princeton’) at Highgrove with The Column Bird ‘eye-catcher’ in the background.

	g, Elms fly in from USA
	Possibly the last consignment of young whip sized, elms to arrive by air- in VERY large boxes - as travel by sea is proving more cost effective way of getting elms into the UK and europe.

	h, No sooner here....
	As many of the young whip sized elms were pre ordered they had hardly been unpacked when they were re-loaded - onto a lorry this time - for travel to their new homes in the UK.

	i, Sea Voyage
	Initially elms arrived by air freight which limited the size of tree that we could ship. Now that sea travel in a sealed container has proved successful ,as with the batch in the picture, larger sized trees can be shipped with comparative ease.