The elm cultivar ''Ulmus'' 'Argenteo-Marginata' was first mentioned by Deegen in ''Deutsches Magazin für Garten- und Blumenkund'' (1879), as ''Ulmus campestris elegans foliis argenteo-marginatis''. An ''U. campestris fol. argenteo-marginata'' Hort. (later just ''U. campestris argenteo-marginata'') was distributed by the

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, Berlin, from the 1890s to the 1930s. Green considered the tree possibly a cultivar of

Field Elm ''Ulmus minor'' Mill., the field elm, is by far the most polymorphic of the European species, although its taxonomy remains a matter of contention. Its natural range is predominantly south European, extending to Asia Minor and Iran; its northern ...

or of ''U. × hollandica''.

Description

Deegen described the tree as having leaves bordered with white. The leaves were described in a later reference as also being very rough above, weakly pubescent below, and measuring < 8 cm long by < 4 cm broad. Späth's catalogues likewise describe leaves bordered with white. Späth catalogues likewise describe white-bordered leaves.

Cultivation

No specimens are known to survive, unless the tree is synonymous with one of two cultivars with sometimes silver-white margined leaves, ''U. minor'' 'Argenteo-Variegata' or the rough-leafed ''U. minor'' 'Atinia Variegata',Photograph of white-margined English Elm leaves in Gerald Wilkinson, ''Epitaph for the Elm'', Hutchinson, London 1978, p.67 ( / 0-09-921280-3) both of which match the ''microphylla foliis marginatis'' description (Synonymy below). One tree was planted in 1897 as ''U. campestris fol. argenteis marginatis'' at the

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, Canada. Three specimens supplied by the

, Berlin, to the

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in 1902 as ''U. campestris fol. argenteo-marginata'' may survive in Edinburgh, as it was the practice of the Garden to distribute trees about the city (viz. the Wentworth Elm); the current list of Living Accessions held in the Garden ''per se'' does not list the plant.

Synonymy

*''Ulmus campestris'' var. ''microphylla foliis marginatis'': Hartwig & Rümpler, ''Illustrirtes Gehölzbuch'' 391, 1892. *''Ulmus campestris'' var. ''nuda'' subvar. ''foliis marginatis'':

Wesmael Wesmael is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alfred Wesmael (1832–1905), Belgian botanist * Elisabeth Wesmael (1861–1953), Belgian graphic artist *Constantin Wesmael Constantin Wesmael (4 October 1798, in Brussels – ...

br>''Bulletin de la Fédération des sociétés d'horticulture de Belgique'' 1862: 389
1863.

References

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