The elm
cultivar
A cultivar is a type of cultivated plant that people have selected for desired traits and when propagated retain those traits. Methods used to propagate cultivars include: division, root and stem cuttings, offsets, grafting, tissue culture, ...
''Ulmus'' 'Acutifolia' was first described (as ''U. campestris acutifolia'') by
Mastersbr>
in ''Hortus Duroverni'' 66. 1831, and later by
Seraphin Joseph Mottet, Mottetbr>
in
George Nicholson (botanist), Nicholsonbr>
& Mottet, ''Dictionnaire pratique d'horticulture et de jardinage'' 5: 383, 1898.
Description
The tree has been described as having narrower leaves and branches more pendulous when mature.
[
][Browne, D. J. (1846). ''The Trees of America''. Harper & Brothers, New York.]
Cultivation
No specimens are known to survive. One tree survived in Withdean Park, Brighton for many years, until it was felled in 1978, having succumbed to Dutch Elm Disease.
Synonymy
*''Ulmus campestris acutifolia'': Masters
''Hortus Duroverni'' 66. 1831 and Mottet in Nicholson & Mottet, ''Dictionnaire pratique d'horticulture et de jardinage'' 5: 383, 1898.
References
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