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''Ulmus'' 'Fastigiata Glabra' was distributed by the Späth nursery, Berlin, in the 1890s and early 1900s as ''U. montana fastigiata glabra''. Späth used ''U. montana'' both for cultivars of

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and for those of some ''U.'' × ''hollandica''

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s like 'Dampieri'. A specimen of ''U. montana fastigiata glabra'' in the

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was determined by Melville in 1958 as a

of the ''U.'' × ''hollandica'' group.

Description

Späth's name implies that when young, at least, the tree had an upright form and smooth leaves. File:EDIN-BG-1989-06.B.jpg, Bark of C2715, Edinburgh (see 'Cultivation')

Pests and diseases

Not known. Some examples of the ''U.'' × ''hollandica'' group possess a moderate resistance to

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Cultivation

One tree supplied by Späth was planted in 1898 as ''U. montana fastigiata glabra'' at the Dominion Arboretum, Ottawa,

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. Three were supplied to the

in 1902. One, in the Garden proper (tree C2715), was relabelled by Melville in 1958 ''U. glabra'' Huds. × ''U. carpinifolia'' ''U._minor''_.html"_;"title="Field_Elm.html"_;"title="Field_Elm">''U._minor''_">Field_Elm.html"_;"title="Field_Elm">''U._minor''_×_''U._plotii''_[:Plot's_Elm.html" ;"title="Field_Elm">''U._minor''_.html" ;"title="Field_Elm.html" ;"title="Field Elm">''U. minor'' ">Field_Elm.html" ;"title="Field Elm">''U. minor'' × ''U. plotii'' [:Plot's Elm">''U. minor'' 'Plotii' ]; Sheet described as ''U. montana fastigiata glabra'', RBGE specimen 1 from Späth nursery, 1902; Sheet described as ''U. montana fastigiata glabra'', RBGE specimen 2 from Späth nursery, 1902RBGE Cultivated Herbarium Accessions Book: October 1958 notes by Ronald Melville on specimen C2715, area G3 it survived till the 1990s. Others 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.

Putative specimen

An old glabrous-leaved hybrid elm in a more exposed position on

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, Edinburgh (2020), appears to match the 1958 RBGE herbarium leaf-specimen of ''U. montana fastigiata glabra'' (see 'External links' below) and may be a more spreading example of the cultivar. File:Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. (1902). Accessions book pages 45,47.jpg, Pages from the

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Accessions Book (1902) listing ''U. montana fastigiata glabra'' File:Ulmus (possibly x hollandica). The Mound, Edinburgh (3).jpg, The Mound elm, Edinburgh File:Ulmus (possibly x hollandica). The Mound, Edinburgh (1).jpg, Foliage of same File:Ulmus (possibly x hollandica). The Mound, Edinburgh (4).jpg, Branching File:Ulmus (possibly x hollandica). The Mound, Edinburgh (2).jpg, Bole

Accessions

North America

* Dominion Arboretum, Ottawa, Canada. Accession no. 2602

Europe

None known.

References

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