Ulmus 'Scampstoniensis'

Ulmus
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Cultivar 'Scampstoniensis'
Origin England

The cultivar 'Scampstoniensis', the Scampston Elm, originated at Scampston Hall, Yorkshire, England, before 1810. Henry described the tree as "a weeping form of U. nitens (:Ulmus minor)" from a specimen grown in Victoria Park, Bath, however Green considered it "probably a form of Ulmus × hollandica" [1],

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Description

Loudon opined that a tree of the same name in Chiswick "differed little from the species". Elwes saw the decayed stump of the original tree at Scampston, by which time the tree was no longer known to be in cultivation in nurseries in England [2].

Pests and diseases

A specimen at the Ryston Hall, Norfolk, arboretum, obtained from the Späth nursery in Berlin[3], was killed by the earlier strain of Dutch elm disease prevalent in the 1930s.

Cultivation

Possibly only one specimen now survives, in Brighton, England.

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Accessions

Europe

References

  1. ^ Green, P. S. (1964). Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus. Arnoldia, Vol. 24. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. [1]
  2. ^ Elwes, H. J. & Henry, A. (1913). The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland. Vol. VII. pp 1848-1929. Private publication, Edinburgh. [2]
  3. ^ Ryston Hall Arboretum catalogue, circa 1920
  4. ^ Johnson, Owen (ed.) (2003). Champion Trees of Britain & Ireland. Whittet Press, ISBN 9781873580615.