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Probably extinct. A specimen at the [[Ryston Hall]] [http://www.rystonhall.co.uk/], [[Norfolk]], arboretum, obtained from the [[Späth nursery]] in [[Berlin]] before 1914,<ref name=Ryston>Ryston Hall Arboretum catalogue, circa 1920</ref> was killed by the earlier strain of Dutch elm disease prevalent in the 1930s. |
Probably extinct. A specimen at the [[Ryston Hall]] [http://www.rystonhall.co.uk/], [[Norfolk]], arboretum, obtained from the [[Späth nursery]] in [[Berlin]] before 1914,<ref name=Ryston>Ryston Hall Arboretum catalogue, circa 1920</ref> was killed by the earlier strain of Dutch elm disease prevalent in the 1930s. |
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A dense-headed, sprouty old dwarf-elm, that merits the designation 'Monstrosa' and is possibly an example of the cultivar, hangs grafted at 2.5 m at the Salamander Place entrance to [[Leith Links]], Edinburgh. Its winter branching resembles untidy bunches of nobbly black faggots rammed into the crown of a low, burry [[wych elm]]. In summer the tree is a dense untidy green bush. Leaves smaller than the type, stalked, but not to 25 mm.<ref>The Salamander Place graft-elm may be seen on Google Streetview.</ref> |
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==Synonymy== |
==Synonymy== |
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Revision as of 16:47, 18 January 2014
| Ulmus glabra | |
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| Cultivar | 'Monstrosa' |
| Origin | France |
The Wych Elm Ulmus glabra cultivar 'Monstrosa' is believed to have originated in France.
Description
The tree was described as a compact shrub; branchlets often fasciated, with leaves 5 cm to 8 cm long, partly pitcher-shaped at the base, and on slender stalks < 25 mm long.[1]
Cultivation
Probably extinct. A specimen at the Ryston Hall [2], Norfolk, arboretum, obtained from the Späth nursery in Berlin before 1914,[2] was killed by the earlier strain of Dutch elm disease prevalent in the 1930s.
A dense-headed, sprouty old dwarf-elm, that merits the designation 'Monstrosa' and is possibly an example of the cultivar, hangs grafted at 2.5 m at the Salamander Place entrance to Leith Links, Edinburgh. Its winter branching resembles untidy bunches of nobbly black faggots rammed into the crown of a low, burry wych elm. In summer the tree is a dense untidy green bush. Leaves smaller than the type, stalked, but not to 25 mm.[3]
Synonymy
- Ulmus campestris (: glabra) var. monstrosa: Lavallée, Arb. Segrez 235, 1877, and Hartwig, Ill. Geholzb. ed. 2, 294, 1892.
- Ulmus scabra (: glabra) var. monstrosa Hort.; Krüssmann, Handb. Laubgeh. 2: 536, 1962, as a cultivar.