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Benalla Botanic Gardens
The Benalla Botanic Gardens, is a heritage listed botanic garden located in Benalla, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The gardens, originally designed by Alfred Sangwell in 1886, was listed on the Register of the National Estate in 1995. The gardens include a rose garden established in 1959, which is the focus of the annual Benalla Rose Festival. Amongst the extensive mature tree collection are 3 specimens of ''Ulmus x viminalis'' which are the only specimens of this particular elm cultivar in Australia and are listed on the National Trust of Australia's significant tree register. References Botanical gardens in Victoria (state) 1886 establishments in Australia Victorian places listed on the defunct Register of the National Estate Victorian Heritage Register Victorian Heritage Register Hume (region) Rural City of Benalla {{VictoriaAU-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulmus X Viminalis
The field elm cultivar ''Ulmus minor'' 'Viminalis' (:'willow-like'), occasionally referred to as the twiggy field elm, was raised by Masters in 1817, and listed in 1831 as ''U. campestris viminalis'', without description. Loudon added a general description in 1838, and the Cambridge University Herbarium acquired a leaf specimen of the tree in 1866. Moss, writing in 1912, said that the ''Ulmus campestris viminalis'' from Cambridge University Herbarium was the only elm he thought agreed with the original Plot's elm (not ''U. minor'' 'Plotii') as illustrated by Dr. Plot in 1677 from specimens growing in an avenue and coppice at Hanwell near Banbury. Elwes and Henry (1913) also considered Loudon's ''Ulmus campestris viminalis'' to be Dr Plot's elm. Its 19th-century name, ''U. campestris'' var. ''viminalis'', led the cultivar to be classified for a time as a variety of English Elm. On the Continent, 'Viminalis' was the ''Ulmus antarctica'' Hort., 'zierliche Ulme' 'dainty elm'of Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |