Ulmus minor 'Punctata'
| Ulmus minor 'Punctata' | |
|---|---|
| Species | Ulmus minor |
| Cultivar | 'Punctata' |
| Origin | Europe |
The
field elm cultivar 'Punctata' ['spotted', the leaf] first appeared in the 1886–87 catalogue of Simon-Louis of Metz, France,[1] as U. campestris punctata. It was distributed by the Späth nursery, Berlin, in the 1890s and early 1900s as U. campestris punctata Sim.-Louis, the Späth catalogue listing it separately from U. campestris fol. argenteo-variegata (which was probably either the Field Elm cultivar 'Argenteo-Variegata' or the English Elm cultivar 'Argenteo-Variegata') and from U. campestris fol. argenteo-marginata.[2] Green considered it possibly a synonym of the Field Elm cultivar 'Argenteo-Variegata'.[3]
'Punctata' is not to be confused with the European White Elm cultivar U. laevis 'Punctata'.
Description
'Punctata' was described by Simon-Louis as having spotted leaves.[3] Späth's catalogue described leaves as "marbled and splashed with white".[2]
Pests and diseases
Most U. minor cultivars are susceptible to Dutch elm disease, but, if not grafted, can survive through root-sucker regrowth.
Cultivation
No specimens are known to survive, unless the tree is synonymous with
Wentworth Elm);[5] the current list of Living Accessions held in the Garden per se does not list the plant.[6] A specimen of U. campestris punctata, obtained from Späth before 1914 and planted in 1916, stood in the Ryston Hall arboretum, Norfolk,[7] in the early 20th century.[8] An 'Album Punctatum', with "white-speckled foliage", appeared in the 1902 catalogue of the Bobbink and Atkins nursery, Rutherford, New Jersey.[9]
Synonymy
References
- ^ Simon-Louis (Metz, France), catalogue of 1880, p.66
- ^ a b Katalog (PDF). Vol. 108. Berlin, Germany: L. Späth Baumschulenweg. 1902–1903. pp. 132–133.
- ^ a b Green, Peter Shaw (1964). "Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus". Arnoldia. 24 (6–8). Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University: 41–80. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Accessions book. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. 1902. pp. 45, 47.
- ^ "List of Living Accessions: Ulmus". Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
- ^ rystonhall.co.uk/
- ^ Ryston Hall Arboretum catalogue. c. 1920. pp. 13–14.
- ^ Bobbink and Atkins, Rutherford. N.J. 1902. p. 51.
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