Smithii (Downton Elm)
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The Downton Elm, Ulmus × hollandica Smithii, was one of a number of cultivars arising from the crossing of the Wych Elm U. glabra with a variety of Field Elm U. minor. It originated as one of a batch of seedlings raised at Smith's Nursery, Worcester, England, from seeds obtained from a tree in Nottingham in 1810 and planted at Downton Castle[1] near Ludlow. It made a small tree < 10 m high, with ascending branches bearing long pendulous shoots. The oval leaves are dark green and glabrous above, < 8.5 cm long by 4.0 cm wide, long acuminate at the apex.
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[edit] Arboreta etc. accessions
None known.
[edit] Nurseries
None known.
[edit] Synonymy
- Ulmus campestris pendula: Hort. Duroverni 66, 1831
- Ulmus campestris Pendula: Krussmann, Handb. Laubgeh. 2, p.53, 1831-32.
[edit] References
- Elwes, H. J. & Henry, A. (1913). The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland. Vol. VII. pp 1848-1929. Private publication. [2]
- Green, P. S. (1964). Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus. Arnoldia, Vol. 24. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. [3]
- Hilliers' Manual of Trees & Shrubs. (1977). David & Charles, Newton Abbot, UK.
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