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title: "3 Elm Disease Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Elm Disease quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Elm Disease sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Down the street, the trees are imprisoned equidistantly in square plots of dirt. Everything else is concrete. Lourdes remembers reading somewhere about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cristina-garc-a/down-the-street-the-trees-are-imprisoned-equidistantly-in-square/)

[Cristina Garcia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cristina-garc-a/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d3/cristina-garc-a-19858_east-coast_down-the-street-the-trees-are-imprisoned_871426.png)

> [As Dutch elm disease spread across Britain in the 1970s, the country fell into mourning. When the sentinel trees that framed our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-monbiot/as-dutch-elm-disease-spread-across-britain-in-the-1970s-the-country/)

[George Monbiot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-monbiot/)

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> [“Many of you remember when Dutch Elm disease swept the East Coast. People in big cities saw the trees die but it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-mae-brown/many-of-you-remember-when-dutch-elm-disease-swept-the-east-coast/)

[Rita Mae Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-mae-brown/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b7/rita-mae-brown-1111_east-coast_many-of-you-remember-when-dutch-elm-dise_3182295.png)

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