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The hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) is an American tree of the nettle-tree family introduced into Britain in 1636 and resembling the elms.
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Ulmaceae is the elm order of trees and shrubs, natives chiefly of the northern regions. They have rough, alternate leaves, and greenish flowers in loose clusters. The family is divided into two sub-orders, Celtidae and Ulmeae. The elms are ,ostly very large trees with rough bark; the timber being long valued for its resistance to water.
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Jacob Tonson was an English publisher. he was born in 1656 and died in 1736. He started business at the Judge's Head, Chancery Lane, London in 1678, later moved to Gray's Inn Gate where his brother, Richard Tonson had opened a bookshop in 1676, and then to the Shakespeare's Head in the Strand. He became printer of parliamentary votes, was secretary to the Kit-Cat Club, for which he built a room at Barn Elms, and is remembered as the publisher of Milton's Paradise Lost, Rowe's Shakespeare and works by Dryden, Addison and Steele. he retired in 1720, the business being carried on by his nephew, also called Jacob Tonson, and his great-nephew who was also called Jacob Tonson.
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ELMS is an abbreviation for Earth Limit Measurement Satellite
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Coton in the Elms (recorded in the Domesday Book as Cotune) is a village in Derbyshire, England.
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Elms is a township in Bottineau County, North Dakota, USA.
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Elms Green is a village in Worcestershire, England.
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Four Elms is a village in Kent, England.
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Nine Elms is a village in Wiltshire, England.
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Sutton in the Elms is a village in Leicestershire, England.
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