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Ulmus 'Purpurea'
The elm cultivar ''Ulmus'' 'Purpurea', the purple-leaved elm, was listed and described as ''Ulmus Stricta Purpurea'', the 'Upright Purpled-leaved Elm', by John Frederick Wood, F.H.S., in ''The Midland Florist and Suburban Horticulturist'' (1851), as ''Ulmus purpurea'' Hort. by Wesmael (1863), and as ''Ulmus campestris'' var. ''purpurea'', syn. ''Ulmus purpurea'' Hort. by Petzold and Kirchner in ''Arboretum Muscaviense'' (1864). Koch's description followed (1872),Koch, K''Dendrologie; Bäume, Sträucher und Halbsträucher, welche in Mittel- und Nord- Europa im Freien kultivirt werden'' 2 (1), 416 (1872)/ref> the various descriptions appearing to tally. Henry (1913) noted that the ''Ulmus campestris'' var. ''purpurea'' Petz. & Kirchn. grown at Kew as ''U. montana'' var. ''purpurea'' was "probably of hybrid origin", ''Ulmus montana'' being used at the time both for wych elm cultivars and for some of the ''U. × hollandica'' group. His description of Kew's ''U. montana'' var. ''p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warriston Cemetery
Warriston Cemetery is a cemetery in Edinburgh. It lies in Warriston, one of the northern suburbs of Edinburgh, Scotland. It was built by the then newly-formed Edinburgh Cemetery Company, and occupies around of land on a slightly sloping site. It contains many tens of thousands of graves, including notable Victorian and Edwardian figures, the most eminent being the physician Sir James Young Simpson. It is located on the north side of the Water of Leith, and has an impressive landscape; partly planned, partly unplanned due to recent neglect. It lies in the Inverleith Conservation Area and is also a designated Local Nature Conservation Site. The cemetery is protected as a Category A listed building. In July 2013 the Friends of Warriston Cemetery was inaugurated to reveal the heritage and to encourage appropriate biodiversity. The address of the cemetery is 40C Warriston Gardens, Edinburgh EH3 5NE. History Designed in 1842 by Edinburgh architect David Cousin, the cemet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulmus 'Atropurpurea'
The elm cultivar ''Ulmus'' 'Atropurpurea' dark purplewas raised from seed at the Späth nursery in Berlin, Germany, circa 1881, as ''Ulmus montana atropurpurea'', and was marketed there till the 1930s, being later classed as a cultivar by Boom. Henry (1913) included it under ''Ulmus montana'' cultivars but noted that it was "very similar to and perhaps identical with" ''Ulmus purpurea'' Hort. At Kew it was renamed ''U. glabra'' Huds. 'Atropurpurea', but Späth used ''U. montana'' both for wych elm and for some ''U.'' × ''hollandica'' hybrids, so his name does not necessarily imply a wych elm cultivar. The Hesse Nursery of Weener, Germany, however, which marketed 'Atropurpurea' in the 1950s, listed it in later years as a form of ''U. glabra'' Huds.. Photographs of the 'Atropurpurea' hedge at Wakehurst Place, England, though they show untypical 'pollard' leaves, appear to confirm that Späth's cultivar was similar to ''Ulmus purpurea'' Hort., probably the hybrid 'Purpure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Ellwanger
George Ellwanger (December 2, 1816 – November 26, 1906) was a German-American horticulture scientist. Early life Ellwanger was born in Großheppach, Kingdom of Württemberg on December 2, 1816, and emigrated to the United States in 1835. He married Cornelia Brooks in 1846, and they had four children. Career After settling in Rochester, New York, Ellwanger joined with Patrick Barry to form the Mount Hope Nursery (also known as the Ellwanger and Barry Nursery) in 1840. He also became an American citizen in 1840. In 1843, the nursery began publishing catalogs to increase sales. Ellwanger and Barry entered the real estate business in 1856. Between 1872 and 1913, the firm developed the area now known as Linden-South Historic District on the oldest part of the nursery. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. Ellwanger and Barry donated part of their property to the City of Rochester to form Highland Park. Their efforts helped change Roc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Wilkinson
Gerald Sedgewick Wilkinson, (9 February 1926 – 10 March 1988''Reading Evening Post'', Tuesday 20 February 1990; p.9) was a British illustrator, art historian, naturalist, photographer, artist and book-designer, known for his books on J. M. W. Turner's sketches and on British trees and woodlands. Though there had been many sections on the genus ''Ulmus'' in books and journals, Wilkinson's monograph, ''Epitaph for the Elm'' (1978), written for the general reader and illustrated in colour, was the first such book to be published in the UK. Life and work Wilkinson was born 9 February 1926 in Wigan and attended Wigan Grammar School and Manchester School of Art, where he studied lettering (a subject on which he later lectured)Dust-wrapper, Gerald Wilkinson, ''A History of Britain's Trees'' (1981) and took a Diploma in Art, specialising in Mural Painting (1947).Dolman, Bernard ''Who's Who in Art" (1956) Volume 8, p.765 In the 1950s his illustrations were reproduced in Arts Council post ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) is a scientific centre for the study of plants, their diversity and conservation, as well as a popular tourist attraction. Founded in 1670 as a physic garden to grow medicinal plants, today it occupies four sites across Scotland—Edinburgh, Dawyck, Logan and Benmore—each with its own specialist collection. The RBGE's living collection consists of more than 13,302 plant species (34,422 accessions),Rae D. et al. (2012) Catalogue of Plants 2012. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. whilst the herbarium contains in excess of 3 million preserved specimens. The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is an executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government. The Edinburgh site is the main garden and the headquarters of the public body, which is led by Regius Keeper Simon Milne. History The Edinburgh botanic garden was founded in 1670 at St. Anne's Yard, near Holyrood Palace, by Dr. Robert Sibbald and Dr. Andrew Balfour. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oudenbosch
Oudenbosch () is a town in the municipality of Halderberge in the west of the Dutch province of North Brabant. Oudenbosch is well known for its 'Basiliek', a Catholic church that is a smaller copy of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. History The village was first mentioned in 1275 as "silvam que vocatur Barlebosche", and means "old forest". The forest was cultivated from 1275 onwards by the monks of the Cistercian abbey of St Bernard near Antwerp. Ouden (old) was added to distinguish from Nieuwenbosch, a village which was lost in the St. Elizabeth's flood of 1421. Oudenbosch was located at an intersection of land and waterways which stimulated its development. In 1837, the monastery boarding school St Anna was founded, and Oudenbosch became a Catholic centre. Oudenbosch was home to 1,945 people in 1840. In 1862, the first sugar factory was built in Oudenbosch, and it became a centre of the sugar industry. The Oudenbosch Basilica was built between 1865 and 1880 as a replacement of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Elm Disease
Dutch elm disease (DED) is caused by a member of the sac fungi (Ascomycota) affecting elm trees, and is spread by elm bark beetles. Although believed to be originally native to Asia, the disease was accidentally introduced into Americas, America, Europe, and New Zealand. In these regions it has devastated native populations of elms that did not have resistance to the disease. The name "Dutch elm disease" refers to its identification in 1921 and later in the Netherlands by Dutch phytopathologists Marie Beatrice Schol-Schwarz, Bea Schwarz and Christine Buisman, who both worked with professor Johanna Westerdijk. The disease affects species in the genera ''Ulmus'' and ''Zelkova''; therefore it is not specific to the Ulmus × hollandica, Dutch elm hybrid. Overview Dutch elm disease (DED) is caused by ascomycete microfungi. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulmus 'Frontier'
''Ulmus'' 'Frontier' is an American hybrid cultivarbr> a United States National Arboretum introduction (NA 55393) derived from a crossing of the European Field Elm ''Ulmus minor'' (female parent) with the Chinese Elm ''Ulmus parvifolia'' in 1971. Released in 1990, the tree is a rare example of the hybridization of spring- and autumn-flowering elms. Tested in the US National Elm Trial coordinated by Colorado State University'Frontier' averaged a survival rate of 74% after 10 years. Description 'Frontier' develops a vase or pyramidal shape, with glossy green foliage turning, unusually for elms, to burgundy (color), burgundy in autumn. The twigs are pubescent. Slow growing,McPherson, G. et al. (2008). National elm trial: Initial report from Northern California. ''Western Arborist'', Fall 2009, 32–36. the ultimate height of the tree has yet to be determined, but should be > 15 m. The tree is autumn-flowering Jacobson, Arthur Lee, 'Plant of the Month, 2008' arthurleej.com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulmus 'Myrtifolia Purpurea'
The Elm cultivar ''Ulmus'' 'Myrtifolia Purpurea', the Purple Myrtle-leaved Elm, was first mentioned by Louis de Smet of Ghent (1877) as ''Ulmus myrtifolia purpurea''. An ''U. campestris myrtifolia purpurea'' Hort. was distributed by Louis van Houtte in the 1880s,''Cultures de Louis van Houtte: Plantes Vivaces de Pleine Terre'' ''Catalogue de Louis van Houtte, 1881-2'', p.303 by the , Berlin, in the 1890s and early 1900s, and by the Hesse Nursery, Weener, Germany, till the 1930s. |
Ulmus 'Purpurascens'
The Field Elm cultivar ''Ulmus minor'' 'Purpurascens' was listed by Lavallée in ''Arboretum Segrezianum'' (1877) as ''U. campestris'' var. ''purpurascens'' (''purpurea''), but without description, and later by Schneider in ''Illustriertes Handbuch der Laubholzkunde'' (1904).Henry (1913) gives ''Laubholzkunde'' 1894. Krüssmann in ''Handbuch der Laubgehölze'' (1962) identified it as a cultivar. Schneider, Henry, and Green believed the cultivar 'Myrtifolia Purpurea', which was also first listed in 1877, a synonym of ''U minor'' 'Purpurascens'. Description The tree has small leaves approximately 25 mm long, rough above, downy beneath, tinged with purple when young, but turning dark green later. The twigs are downy. Green noted that the tree usually remains small. Pests and diseases See under ''Ulmus minor''. Cultivation A grafted tree at Kew Gardens labelled ''U. campestris'' var. ''purpurascens'', planted in 1885, was 20 ft tall by 1912. (For specimens supplied by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulmus Glabra 'Corylifolia Purpurea'
The Wych Elm cultivar ''Ulmus glabra'' 'Corylifolia Purpurea' was raised from seed of 'Purpurea' and described as ''U. campestris corylifolia purpurea'' by Pynaert in 1879. An ''U. campestris corylifolia purpurea'' was distributed by the Späth nursery of Berlin in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Hesse Nursery of Weener, Germany, corrected the ''U. campestris corylifolia purpurea'' of their 1930s' lists to ''U. glabra'' Huds. ''corylifolia purpurea'' by the 1950s. Green listed 'Corylifolia Purpurea' as a form of ''U. glabra''. Description According to Pynaert, 'Corylifolia Purpurea' had large purplish leaves resembling those of Hazel, with the purple colour persisting into autumn on outer branchlets. Pests and diseases See under '' Ulmus glabra''. Cultivation No specimens are known to survive. One tree obtained from the Späth nursery in Berlin was planted in 1893 at the Dominion Arboretum, Ottawa, Canada. Introduced to the USA, ''U. campestris'' var. ''co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wych Elm
''Ulmus glabra'' Hudson, the wych elm or Scots elm, has the widest range of the European elm species, from Ireland eastwards to the Urals, and from the Arctic Circle south to the mountains of the Peloponnese and Sicily, where the species reaches its southern limit in Europe; it is also found in Iran. A large deciduous tree, it is essentially a montane species, growing at elevations up to , preferring sites with moist soils and high humidity.Heybroek, H. M., Goudzwaard, L, Kaljee, H. (2009). ''Iep of olm, karakterboom van de Lage Landen'' (:Elm, a tree with character of the Low Countries). KNNV, Uitgeverij. The tree can form pure forests in Scandinavia and occurs as far north as latitude 67°N at Beiarn in Norway. It has been successfully introduced as far north as Tromsø, Norway and Alta, Norway (70°N). It has also been successfully introduced to Narsarsuaq, near the southern tip of Greenland ( 61°N). The tree was by far the most common elm in the north and west of the Britis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
