Summary
The elm cultivar Ulmus 'Folia Rubra' was listed as Ulmus campestris foliis rubris by Louis de Smet in his catalogue of 1877,[1] and Edouard Pynaert van Geert in the same year who obtained the tree from M. Gaujard of Wetteren, Belgium.[2] An U. campestris fol. rubris Hort. was distributed by the Späth nursery, Berlin, in the 1890s and early 1900s.[3]
| Ulmus 'Folia Rubra' | |
|---|---|
| Genus | Ulmus |
| Cultivar | 'Folia Rubra' |
| Origin | Belgium |
Considered "probably Ulmus carpinifolia" (: minor) by Green.[4]
Description edit
'Folia Rubra' was later described as having small leaves with a reddish-green tinge.[3][5]
Cultivation edit
No specimens are known to survive. One tree was planted in 1897 as U. campestris fol. rubris at the Dominion Arboretum, Ottawa, Canada.[6] Three specimens were supplied by the Späth nursery to the RBGE in 1902 as U. campestris fol. rubris, and may possibly survive in Edinburgh as it was the practice of the Garden to distribute trees about the city (viz. the Wentworth Elm);[7] the current list of Living Accessions held in the Garden per se does not list the plant.[8] A specimen of U. campestris foliis rubris, obtained from Späth, stood in the Ryston Hall arboretum, Norfolk,[9] in the early 20th century.[10]
Synonymy edit
References edit
- ^ a b de Smet, Louis (1877). Catalogue général de l'etablissement horticole de Louis de Smet (10 ed.). Ledeberg-lez-Gand. p. 59.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Pynaert, Edouard (1877). "Quelques arbres et arbustes d'ornement peu répandus". Bulletins d'arboriculture, de floriculture et de culture potagère. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ a b c Katalog (PDF). Vol. 108. Berlin, Germany: L. Späth Baumschulenweg. 1902–1903. pp. 132–133.
- ^ Green, Peter Shaw (1964). "Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus". Arnoldia. 24 (6–8). Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University: 41–80. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ Herbarium specimen of small-leaved elm labelled U. rubra Hort., unlikely to be U. rubra Muhl. science.udau.edu.ua, p.6
- ^ 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.). Ottawa. 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.