Ulmus 'Gallica'

The elm cultivar ''Ulmus'' 'Gallica' (Chev.) was described as ''U. gallica'' by Auguste Chevalier in 'Les Ormes de France' (1942). A probable hybrid by its suckering habit, it was said to be an elm of central and north-west France and the Paris area. The type tree was said by Déséglise to be seen in Bourges.

Description

A medium-sized suckering elm, not dome-shaped, with upright semi-fastigiate, spreading branching. Leaves largish, oval-elliptic (12–15 cm x 6–9 cm), leathery, asymmetric at base, abruptly acuminated, deep-toothed below the apex, sometimes tricuspidate, with short white-downy petioles. Large samara (up to 2.3 x 1.8 cm); seed central.

Cultivation

Chevalier noted that the tree was sometimes planted in avenues, including the Avenue de Sceaux at Versailles. The large-leaved elms of the Boulevard Saint-Michel, Paris, praised by William Robinson in his ''Parks and Gardens of Paris'' (1883), match the description of Chevalier's 'Gallica'.Robinson, William, ''The parks and gardens of Paris : considered in relation to the wants of other cities and of public and private gardens, being notes on a study of Paris gardens'' (London, 1883), p.158
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File:Charles Marville, Boulevard Saint-Michel, de la Fontaine Saint Michel, ca. 1853–70.jpg, Elm avenue, Boulevard Saint-Michel, Paris, late 19th century
File:GI 364 - PARIS - Le Boulevard St-Michel.jpg, Elm avenue, Boulevard Saint-Michel, Paris, early 20th century

References

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