Dumont (elm hybrid)
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| Ulmus Dumont |
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| Hybrid parentage |
| U. glabra × U. minor |
| Cultivar |
| Dumont |
| Origin |
| Belgium |
U. × hollandica Dumont was a very vigorous cultivar, having a straight trunk and a narrow regular, pyramidal crown; the leaves being somewhat smaller than Belgica. The tree was discovered by a gardener on the estate of M. Dumont at Tournay, Belgium, circa 1865. The tree became a popular choice for street planting in Belgium and France, notably at Versailles (town).
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[edit] Arboreta etc. accessions
None known.
[edit] Nurseries
None known.
[edit] Synonymy
- Ulmus De Dumont: Plant Buyer's Guide, ed. 6. 286, 1958.
- Ulmus campestris var. Dumontii: Mottet in Nicholson & Mottet's Dict. Prat. Hort. 5: 383, 1898, and by Krussmann in Handb, Laubgeh. 2: 537, 1962.
[edit] References
- Elwes, H. J. & Henry, A. (1913). The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland. Vol. VII. pp 1848-1929. Private publication. [1]
- Green, P. S. (1964). Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus. Arnoldia, Vol. 24. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. [2]
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