Webbiana (elm cultivar)

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The Smooth-leaved Elm U. minor var. minor cultivar Webbiana, or Webb's Smooth-leafed Elm, is said to be a form of Cornish Elm, distinguished by its unusual leaves that fold longitudinally. Raised at Lee's Nursery circa 1868, the tree is of pyramidal habit, with ascending branches and sparse foliage. Two specimens were planted at Kew Gardens in 1871, but it is not known to remain in cultivation in the UK. In the USA it is represented by a single living specimen at the Arnold Arboretum, (Accession no. 761-80) obtained from Simon-Louis Freres, Germany, in 1980.

The tree appears almost identical to U. minor (sic campestris) concavaefolia described by Loudon in 1838, and U. viscosa Koch, also planted at Kew, in 1871.

[edit] References

• Elwes, H. J. & Henry, A. (1913). The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland. Vol. VII. pp 1848-1929. Private publication, Edinburgh. [1]
• Green, P. S. (1964). Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus. Arnoldia, Vol. 24, 1964. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. [2]