Ulmus glabra 'Latifolia'
Ulmus glabra 'Latifolia' | |
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Freiburg, 1901 | |
Species | Ulmus glabra |
Cultivar | 'Latifolia' |
Origin | Mechelen, Belgium |
The putative
'Latifolia' was considered "possibly the same as
An Ulmus glabra Mill. [:smooth-leaved] var. latifolia was described by Lindley in A Synopsis of British Flora, arranged according to the Natural Order (1829), from trees near West Hatch, Epping Forest, Essex.[7] A tree listed by that name grew in the Royal Victoria Park, Bath, in the mid-19th century.[8]
Description
Audibert described the tree as having broader leaves than the species, which expand very early in the spring. Möller in Deutsche Gärtner-Zeitung (1901) described Ulmus montana latifolia as a tree of lush growth that forms a broad crown with large foliage.[6] Hanham's Bath U. glabra Mill. [:smooth-leaved] latifolia (1857) had leaves "oblong, acute, and very broad".[8]
Cultivation
No specimens are known to survive. 'Latifolia' was marketed in the late 19th century as U. montana latifolia by the Späth nursery of Berlin[9] and by the Ulrich nursery of Warsaw,[10] whence it was introduced to Eastern Europe. It was introduced to the Dominion Arboretum, Ottawa, Canada, probably from Späth, in 1899, as U. montana latifolia, being listed separately from U. montana belgica (planted 1896).[11] An U. campestris latifolia appears in some early 20th C English nursery lists.[12] An Ulmus latifolia, "compact and upright in habit" with "large leaves", appeared in the 1902 catalogue of the Bobbink and Atkins nursery, Rutherford, New Jersey.[13] It is not known to have been introduced to Australasia.
Putative specimens
An old elm cultivar matching one of the above descriptions of 'Latifolia' and one of the herbarium specimens
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Broad-, smooth-leaved elm cultivar, North Merchiston Cemetery, Edinburgh
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Samarae of same
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Same, summer
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Foliage
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Foliage
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Bark
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Pressed short-shoot leaves
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Pressed long-shoot leaves
Synonymy
- Orme de Malines: Gillekens,[15] Éléments d'arboriculture forestière 38, 1891
- Ulmus scabra Mill. latifolia: Möller, Deutsche Gärtner-Zeitung (1901)[6]
References
- ^ Audibert, U., Catalogue des végétaux de tous genres cultivés dans les jardins et pépinières à Tonelle (Tarascon, France, 1817) p. 23 catalogue of 1817
- ^ kiki.huh.harvard.edu
- ^ "Herbarium specimen - WAG.1847087". Botany catalogues. Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Sheet labelled Ulmus x hollandica latifolia, Oudenbosch, 1912; "Herbarium specimen - WAG.1847086". Botany catalogues. Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Long shoot. Sheet labelled Ulmus x hollandica latifolia, Oudenbosch, 1912; "Herbarium specimen - WAG.1846600". Botany catalogues. Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Sheet labelled Ulmus x hollandica latifolia
- ^ Green, Peter Shaw (1964). "Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus". Arnoldia. 24 (6–8). Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University: 41–80. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ Hesse, Hermann Albert (1932). Preis- und Sortenliste. pp. 96–97. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ a b c Möller, Deutsche Gärtner-Zeitung, Vol.16 (1901), p.324–325
- ^ Lindley, John (1829). A synopsis of the British Flora; arranged according to the Natural Orders. London. pp. 226–227. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- ^ a b Hanham, F. (1857). A Manual for the Park (Royal Victoria Park, Bath). Longman, London.
- ^ Katalog (PDF). Vol. 108. Berlin, Germany: L. Späth Baumschulenweg. 1902–1903. pp. 132–133.
- ^ Ulrich, C. (1894), Katalog Drzew i Krezewow, C. Ulrich, Rok 1893-94, Warszawa
- ^ Saunders, William; Macoun, William Tyrrell (1899). Catalogue of the trees and shrubs in the arboretum and botanic gardens at the central experimental farm (2 ed.). pp. 74–75.
- ^ Clibrans Ltd. (1921). Ornamental Trees Shribs & Climbers. Vol. Season: 1921-22. Altrincham, Cheshire, UK: Clibrans. p. 15.
- ^ Bobbink and Atkins, Rutherford. N.J. 1902. p. 51.
- ^ bioportal.naturalis.nl, specimen WAG.1846600 Ulmus × hollandica 'Latifolia'
- ^ huh.harvard.edu