Ulmus 'Myrtifolia'

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Ulmus 'Myrtifolia'
Genus Ulmus
Cultivar 'Myrtifolia'
OriginEngland?

The elm cultivar Ulmus 'Myrtifolia', the Myrtle-leaved Elm, first appeared in nursery and horticultural lists in the 1830s, as Ulmus myrtifolia and Ulmus campestris myrtifolia, [1] [2] [3] the name Ulmus myrtifoliaVolxem being used at Kew Gardens from 1880. [4] Lawson's nursery of Edinburgh appears to have been the earliest to list the tree. [1] 'Myrtifolia' was listed by Nicholson in Kew Hand-List Trees & Shrubs (1896), but without description. [5] It was later listed as a cultivar and described by Rehder in 1939 [4] and by Krüssmann in 1962. [6]

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The specimen under this name in the Herb. Nicholson at Kew was considered by Melville to be a probable U. minor × Ulmus minor 'Plotii' hybrid. [7]

The cultivar 'Myrtifolia Purpurea', which has larger leaves, is not related to 'Myrtifolia'. [4]

Description

'Myrtifolia' was described as having leaves ovate or rhombic-ovate to oblong-ovate, 2–5 cm long with nearly simple teeth, loosely pilose on both sides. The petiole is 2 to 4 mm long, and the samara is 12 to 15 mm long.

Cultivation

A 'Mytifolia' was present in North Road, Bath in 1902. [8] There were specimens at Arnold Arboretum in the mid-20th century, sourced in the 1920s from a tree in Cleveland, Ohio. [4]

The tree is not known to remain in cultivation.

Synonymy

References

  1. 1 2 Loudon, J. C., Hortus lignosus londinensis: or, A catalogue of plants ... cultivated in the gardens and grounds in the neighbourhood of London: with all their synonyms, including their French, German, and Italian names; ... To which are added ... hardy trees and shrubs in the principal nurseries of London and Edinburgh, and at Bollwyller in France, and in Hamburg (London, 1838), p.145
  2. ↑ Report of the Board on behalf of United States Executive Departments at the International Exhibition held at Philadelphia 1876 (Washington 1884), vol 2, The Department of Agriculture: Horticultural and Propagating Division; p.311
  3. ↑ The Lawson Company's List, no. IV, Forest Trees & Shrubs, Nov. 1874; Lawson Seed & Nursery Co., Edinburgh & London, p.25
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Rehder, Alfred (1939). "Rehder, new species, varieties and combinations". Journal of the Arnold Arboretum. 20: 87–88. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  5. ↑ Nicholson, Kew Hand-List Trees & Shrubs, vol.2 (London 1896), p.135
  6. ↑ Krüssmann, J. G., Handbuch der Laubgehölze 2: 540, 1962
  7. ↑ Green, Peter Shaw (1964). "Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus". Arnoldia. 24 (6–8). Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University: 41–80. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  8. ↑ Inman, T. Frederic (1905). "The Elm". Proceedings of the Bath Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club. 10: 37. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  9. ↑ Bean, W. J., Kew Hand-list of Trees and Shrubs, 1934, p.341
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