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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