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'' (1933) to an elm found in those counties Horwood, A.R. & Noel, C.W.F, (1933). ''Fl. Leicestershire & Rutland'': 482''Hilliers' Manual of Trees & Shrubs''. (1977). David & Charles, Newton Abbot, UK. and later identified by Melville as a natural

between Wych Elm and Plot Elm. According to Melville, the hybrid occurs in the main areas of Plot Elm distribution, where it is more common than Plot Elm itself. The tree is sometimes known simply as the 'Midlands Elm'.Wilkinson, G. (1978). ''Epitaph for the Elm'', p.83. Hutchinson. The tree should not be confused with ''U. suberosa (: minor?) elegantissima'' Hort. listed by

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, in Kirchner & Petzold's ''Arboretum Muscaviense'' (1864), as a synonym for ''U. minor'' 'Viminalis Variegata' (: 'Marginata').

Description

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, following Melville, says the hybrid is variable in form, combining characteristics of Wych Elm and Plot Elm. The tree is said to have rather narrow leaves of leathery texture.

Pests and diseases

'Elegantissima' is susceptible to Dutch elm disease.

Cultivation

Hybrids labelled ''U. glabra'' × ''U. plotii'' survived at Kew Gardens until the 1970s. In 1976 and 1980, Melville found several in Didcot, at the Power Station, and Foscot Copse. No mature specimens are known to survive, though examples have been reported in the Brighton enclave.

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Elm Collection. One tree at Hartington Road, Brighton, one in Valley Gardens, Brighton, one at Trinity Church, Eastbourne (conjectures). The tree is not known to have been introduced to

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. An ''U. glabra'' × ''U. plotii'' appears in the current (2022) elm-list of Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria (Melbourne), Australia.RBGV (Melbourne) Elm list

Synonymy

*''Ulmus montana (: glabra)'' var. ''etrusca'': Nicholson in ''Kew Hand-List Trees & Shrubs'' 2: 139. 1896 (?).

Cultivars

* 'Balder', 'Freja', 'Jacqueline Hillier', 'Loke', 'Odin', 'Tyr'.

References

External links

* Sheet labelled ''Ulmus glabra'' small>Huds.× ''Ulmus plotii'', = ''U.'' × ''elegantissima'' Horwood; from West Bar St, Banbury, Oxfordshire, 1937 (Oxford University Herbarium) * Sheet labelled ''Ulmus plotii'' × ''Ulmus glabra'' small>Huds. Ware, Hertfordshire, 1937 (Melville) * Sheet labelled ''Ulmus glabra'' Huds. × ''Ulmus plotii'', Caythorpe, Nottinghamshire, 1957 (Howitt) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ulmus x hollandica 'Elegantissima' Dutch elm cultivar Ulmus articles missing images Ulmus