''Ulmus'' × ''hollandica'' 'Smithii'
| Ulmus × hollandica | |
|---|---|
 Leaf of 'Smithii' | |
| Hybrid parentage | U. glabra × U. minor |
| Cultivar | 'Smithii' |
| Origin | Nottingham, England |
The hybrid elm cultivar Ulmus × hollandica 'Smithii', commonly known as the Downton Elm,[1] was one of a number of cultivars arising from the crossing of the Wych Elm U. glabra with the Field Elm U. minor. The tree was originally planted at Downton Castle near Ludlow, as one of a batch raised at Smith's Nursery, Worcester, England, from seeds obtained from a tree in Nottingham in 1810. Some Victorian writers confused 'Smithii' with U. glabra 'Horizontalis' because both featured weeping branches.[2]
Description
'Smithii' made a small to medium sized tree,[3] with ascending branches bearing long pendulous shoots, downy when young and developing corky ridges.[4] The oval leaves are dark green, glabrous and glossy above, < 8.5 cm long by 4.0 cm wide, downy beneath, and long acuminate at the apex. Bean described them as "coarsely double-toothed", with 14–16 pairs of lateral veins, and a petiole about 0.75 in. long.[5][4][3]
Cultivation
'Smithii' was grown at the Royal Victoria Park, Bath in the mid-19th century,[2] at Kew Gardens, where one tree had reached a height of 35 ft (11 m), and at the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Ireland, before the First World War.[6]
The Direction des Espaces Verts et de l'Environnement (DEVE) - Ville de Paris lists a 'Smithii' at the Square Louise-Michel, Paris (1990).[7]
Synonymy
- Ulmus campestris pendula.[8]
- Ulmus campestris 'Pendula'.[9]
- Ulmus hollandica var. pendula.[10]
- Ulmus glabra var. pendula.[11]
- Ulmus montana var. Smithii Hort.: Kew
- Ulmus Smithii Henry.[6]
References
- ↑ Knight, Thomas Andrew (1824). "Notice of a new variety of Ulmus suberosa". Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London. 5: 146–148. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- 1 2 Hanham, F. (1857). A Manual for the Park (Royal Victoria Park, Bath). Longman, London.
- 1 2 The Hillier Manual of Trees & Shrubs (6 ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. 1994. p. 510. ISBN 071539942X.
- 1 2 Bean, William Jackson (1988). Trees and shrubs hardy in Great Britain (8 ed.). London: Murray. p. 659.
- ↑ Green, Peter Shaw (1964). "Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus". Arnoldia. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. 24 (6–8): 41–80. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- 1 2 Elwes, Henry John; Henry, Augustine (1913). The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland. 7. pp. 1868–1869.
- ↑ Open Data Paris — Les arbres: Open Data Paris — Les arbres, accessdate: August 24, 2016
- ↑ Masters, W. (1831). Hortus Duroverni: Or, A Tabular and Descriptive Catalogue of Perennial Flower Roots, &c. Sold by W. Masters. p. 66. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
- ↑ Krüssmann, Johann Gerd (1962). Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 2. p. 537.
- ↑ Rehder, Alfred (1915). "Neue oder kritische Gehölze". Mitteilungen der Deutschen Dendrologischen Gesellschaft. 24: 217. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ↑ Loudon, John Claudius (1838). Arboretum et fruticetum Britannicum. 3. p. 1405.
External links
- "Herbarium specimen - K000852708". The Herbarium Catalogue. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Sheet labelled U. Smithii Henry, Glasnevin Botanical Gardens specimen (1911)
- "Herbarium specimen - WAG.1847107". Botany catalogues. Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Sheet labelled U. nitens pendula Smithii (Cambridge specimen)
- "Herbarium specimen - WAG.1847113". Botany catalogues. Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Sheet labelled U. × hollandica pendula Smithii (Kew specimen)