Ulmus glabra 'Cebennensis', also known as the Cevennes Elm, is a cultivar of the Wych Elm. The first known publication of the cultivar epithet was in the 1831-1832 catalogue from the Audibert brothers plant nursery at Tonelle, near Tarascon in France.[1] The cultivar was given the name Ulmus campestris var. cebennensis.
Description
A description was not provided until 1838 when horticultural writer J.C. Loudon gave the following account: "Its habit is spreading like that of (the species), but it appears of much less vigorous growth",[2][3] a sentiment echoed half a century later in 'The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening'.[4] Hanham added that the tree had "a rather drooping habit", and was "very twiggy". He considered it "very ornamental".[5][6]
Pests and diseases
See under Ulmus glabra.
Cultivation
No specimens are known to survive. One, described as "scarce" in 1857 and "very scarce" in 1902, grew in the Royal Victoria Park, Bath, in the 19th and early 20th century. Described as "small" in 1857, it was still "a small tree" in 1902.[5][7] 'Cebennensis' is not mentioned in either Elwes and Henry's[8] or Bean's[9] classic works on trees cultivated in Britain.
'Cebennensis'-type elms
Wych elms of a similar type sometimes occur among avenue and park plantings in Edinburgh. One such, a small, spreading, non-vigorous wych that does not produce long shoots and that has grown little in recent decades, stands (2018) in East Fettes Avenue.
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Non-vigorous wych, East Fettes Avenue, Edinburgh -
Samara of same
Synonymy
- U. cevennensis: Inman (1902)[7]
References
- ^ Catalogue des arbres, arbrisseaux, arbustes et plantes. Tonelle, France: Frères Audibert. 1832. p. 53.
- ^ Loudon, John Claudius (1838). Arboretum et fruticetum Britannicum. Vol. 3. p. 1398.
- ^ Green, Peter Shaw (1964). "Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus". Arnoldia. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. 24 (6–8): 41–80. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ Nicholson, George (1888). The illustrated dictionary of gardening. Vol. 8. p. 120.
- ^ a b Hanham, F. (1857). A Manual for the Park (Royal Victoria Park, Bath). Longman, London.
- ^ "Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, spécimen MPU768817" Sheet labelled U. montana ('Flora Cebennensis'); specimen 1 (1913); "Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, spécimen MPU768815" Sheet labelled U. montana ('Flora Cebennensis'); specimen 2 (1913)
- ^ a b Inman, T. Frederic (1905). "The Elm". Proceedings of the Bath Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club. 10: 37. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ^ Elwes, Henry John; Henry, Augustine (1913). The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland. Vol. 7. pp. 1847–1929.
- ^ Bean, W. J. (1981). Trees and shrubs hardy in Great Britain, 7th edition. Murray, England.
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