Ulmus procera 'Louis van Houtte'
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| Ulmus procera |
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| Cultivar |
| 'Louis van Houtte' |
| Origin |
| Belgium |
'Louis van Houtte' is one of the better known English Elm Ulmus procera cultivars. Described as having leaves entirely yellow, and retaining the colour throughout summer, it was mentioned by Deegen in Ill. Monatsch. Gartenb. 5: 103 , 1886, and is believed to have been first cultivated in Belgium circa 1863. It was more recently described by Boom [2] in Ned. Dendr. 1: 158 in 1959 [1]. A specimen at the Ryston Hall [3], 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, and two specimens planted at Kew Gardens succumbed very rapidly to the same fate in 1931. Now very rare in North America, several old trees still survive in New Zealand, notably a specimen at the Manukau Cemetery in Papatoetoe [3].
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[edit] Arboreta etc. accessions
[edit] North America
None known.
[edit] Europe
- Brighton & Hove City Council, UK, NCCPG Elm Collection [4]. UK champion: Carden Park, 21 m high, 61 cm d.b.h. (1996) [4].
- National Botanic Gardens [5], Glasnevin, Dublin, Eire, location A3 (156)
[edit] Australasia
- Christchurch Botanic Gardens, Christchurch, New Zealand. 1 tree, details not known
- Eastwoodhill Arboretum [6], Gisborne, New Zealand, 2 trees, details not known.
[edit] Nurseries
[edit] North America
- Foothills Nursery [7], Mt. Airy, North Carolina, USA
[edit] Europe
None known.
[edit] Australasia
None known.
[edit] Synonymy
- 'Ludwig van Houtte': Spath-Buch, 1720 - 1920, 229, 1921, in error.
- Ulmus montana lutescens van Houttei: Schelle in Beissner et al., Handb. Laubh.-Benenn. 86. 1903, in error.
- Ulmus minor foliis flavescentibus: Miller, Gard. Dict. ed. 6. Ulmus No. 8, 1752.
[edit] Etymology
The cultivar is named for the Belgian horticulturist and plant collector Louis Benoit van Houtte, 1810 - 1876.
[edit] References
- ^ Green, P. S. (1964). Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus. Arnoldia, Vol. 24. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. [1]
- ^ Ryston Hall Arboretum catalogue, circa 1920
- ^ Auckland Botanical Society (2003). Journal Vol. 58 (1), June 2003. ISSN 0113-41332
- ^ Johnson, Owen (ed.) (2003). Champion Trees of Britain & Ireland. Whittet Press, ISBN 9781873580615.
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