Vegeta (Chichester Elm)

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Chichester Elm
Hybrid parentage
U. glabra × U. minor
Cultivar
Vegeta
Origin
England

The Chichester Elm is probably the original U. × hollandica Vegeta, but was often confused with the later Huntingdon Elm hybrid by nineteenth century writers. While its provenance remains obscure, it was most likely named for Chichester Hall, Rawreth, near Danbury, in Essex, England, the home of Thomas Holt-White FRS, brother of the naturalist Gilbert White. Examples of the tree, identified as 'a smooth leaf wych elm' were presented in 1711 by the Rev. Adam Buddle to the Chelsea Physic Garden. Buddle held a living at North Fambridge, not far from Rawreth.

Like other elms in England, the tree was devastated by Dutch Elm Disease, but notable examples survive, either courtesy of their isolation from diseased stock, as at Queens College, Cambridge, where two are approaching 44m in height (2006), or annual inoculation with fungicide, as at Chapelfield Gardens, Norwich. Indeed it was from Norwich that the first Chichester Elms were known to have been marketed in 1801 by nurseryman George Lindley, father of the eminent botanist Professor John Lindley FRS. However, the link between Norwich and Chichester Hall is not known, nor is the origin of the claimed source of the tree in later 19th century catalogues as 'North America'.

Contents 1 Arboreta etc. accessions 1.1 North America 1.2 Europe 2 Nurseries 2.1 North America 2.2 Europe 3 Synonymy 4 References

[edit] Arboreta etc. accessions

(as Vegeta, not Chichester Elm)

[edit] North America

• Holden Arboretum acc. no. 70-128
• Morton Arboretum acc. nos. 593-30, 71-70
• New York Botanical Garden acc. no. 529/89

[edit] Europe

• Brighton & Hove City Council, UK, NCCPG Elm Collection [1].
• Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh acc. no. 19699364

[edit] Nurseries

[edit] North America

None known.

[edit] Europe

• Brian Lewington [2], Heathfield, East Sussex, UK.

[edit] Synonymy

• U. campestris var. Cicestria: W. A. & J. Mackie, Norwich, Catalogue, 1812, p.59.

[edit] References

• Green, P. S. (1964). Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus. Arnoldia, Vol. 24. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. [3]
• Smith, R.I. (2006). Looking for the Chichester Elm. The Professional Gardener No. 112, July , 2006.