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I'm Helen Needham.

Over the past century, millions of elm trees have been lost in the UK

and in fact across the world

because of Dutch elm disease. During the 1980s in particular, it was thought that pretty much

all the mature elm trees in England and southern Scotland had died and it was becoming a tree

of the past only to be admired in the paintings of artists like Constable

or the beams of old barns. But due to the ongoing efforts of conservationists, there's hope that

the elm will become a feature of our towns and countryside once again, even though the disease is still

rife. A new book called Great British Elms has recently been published,

which celebrates the trees and their timber.

It was compiled by David Shreve, who runs the Conservation Foundation.

We'll hear from him a bit later.

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