Summary
The Elm cultivar Ulmus 'Tiliaefolia' was first mentioned by Host in Flora Austriaca (1827),[1] as Ulmus tiliaefolia [:linden-leaved]. The Späth nursery of Berlin distributed a 'Tiliaefolia' from the late 19th century to the 1930s as neither an U. montana hybrid nor a field elm (U. campestris) cultivar, but simply as Ulmus tiliaefolia, suggesting uncertainty about its status.[2][3] Herbarium specimens appear to show two clones, one smaller-leaved and classified as a field elm cultivar,[4] the other larger-leaved.[5]
| Ulmus 'Tiliaefolia' | |
|---|---|
| Genus | Ulmus |
| Cultivar | 'Tiliaefolia' |
| Origin | Europe |
Description edit
The tree was said to have ovate leaves, rounded or subcordate and not usually strongly oblique at the base.[6] Host said the leaf was biserrate. The catalogue of the Späth nursery, Berlin, describes 'Tiliifolia' [:'Tiliaefolia'] as having smooth shiny dark green leaves.[2][3]
Pests and diseases edit
'Tiliaefolia' is not known to have any resistance to Dutch elm disease.
Cultivation edit
No examples of 'Tiliaefolia' are known to survive. Reichenbach noted briefly that the tree was once grown in Bohemia and Austria.[7] One tree was planted in 1898, as U. tiliifolia, at the Dominion Arboretum, Ottawa, Canada.[8] Three specimens were supplied by the Späth nursery to the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in 1902[9] as U. tiliaefolia, and may still exist in Edinburgh as it was the practice of the Garden to distribute trees about the city (viz. the Wentworth Elm);[10] the current list of Living Accessions held in the Garden per se does not list the plant.[11] A specimen obtained from Späth before 1914, and planted in 1916, stood in the Ryston Hall arboretum, Norfolk,[12] in the early 20th century.[13]
Putative specimens edit
A tree with leaves matching herbarium specimens of 'Tiliaefolia'[14][15] stood in Dyke Road, Brighton, till 2012.
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Dyke Road elm, Brighton (before 2012) -
Leaves from Dyke Road, Brighton (2009)
An old elm with leaves close to herbarium specimens of Späth's 'Tiliaefolia', stands (2016) in Belgrave Cescent Gardens, Edinburgh.
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Belgrave Crescent Gardens elm -
Branching -
Leaves of same -
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Short-shoot leaves -
Bole -
References edit
- ^ Flora Austriaca 1: 329. 1827
- ^ a b Katalog (PDF). Vol. 108. Berlin, Germany: L. Späth Baumschulenweg. 1902–1903. pp. 132–133.
- ^ a b Späth, Ludwig (1930). Späth-Buch, 1720-1930. Berlin: Self published. pp. 311–313, 351–352.
- ^ "Specimen - P06883137". Collection: Vascular plants (P). Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris (France). Sheet labelled Ulmus tiliafolia Host, Austria (samarae and leaves); "Herbarium specimen - WAG.1853236". Botany catalogues. Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Sheet described as U. carpinifolia var. tiliaefolia; "Herbarium specimen - WAG.1853238". Botany catalogues. Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Sheet described as U. carpinifolia var. tiliaefolia
- ^ "Herbarium specimen - WAG.1852754". Botany catalogues. Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Sheet described as U. tiliaefolia (Späth); * "Specimen - P00685283". Collection: Vascular plants (P). Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris (France). Sheet labelled U. 'Tiliafolia' Host, specimen from Moulin de Fourges (Oise) (1971)
- ^ Green, Peter Shaw (1964). "Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus". Arnoldia. 24 (6–8). Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University: 41–80. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ Reichenbach, H. G. L. (1827). Iconographia botanica, seu, Plantae criticae: Icones plantarum. Hofmeister. p. 48.
- ^ Catalogue of the trees and shrubs in the arboretum and botanic gardens at the central experimental farm (2 ed.). 1899. p. 76.
- ^ "Herbarium specimen - E00824829". Herbarium Catalogue. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Sheet labelled U. tiliaefolia, RBGE specimen from Späth nursery, 1902; "Herbarium specimen - E00824830". Herbarium Catalogue. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Sheet labelled U. tiliaefolia, RBGE specimen from Späth nursery, 1902; * "Herbarium specimen - E00824824". Herbarium Catalogue. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Sheet described as U. Wentworthii pendula, but possibly 'Tiliaefolia'; "Herbarium specimen - E00824825". Herbarium Catalogue. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Sheet described as U. Wentworthii pendula, but possibly 'Tiliaefolia'
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Herbarium specimen - L.1587182". Botany catalogues. Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Sheet described as U. glabra Hudson tiliaefolia (Späth) (1931)
- ^ "Herbarium specimen - WAG.1852989". Botany catalogues. Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Sheet described as U. scabra [:U. glabra Hudson] tiliaefolia (1900)