The

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 ...

cultivar ''Ulmus minor'' 'Albo-Dentata' first featured in the Baudriller ( Angers, France
nursery catalogue of 1880
as ''U. microphylla foliis albo-dentata''. It was distributed by the

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of Berlin in the late 19th and early 20th century, as ''U. campestris microphylla fol. albo-dentatis''.

Description

Baudriller described the tree simply as a small-leafed elm with silver teeth. It was later described as a small tree, the leaves with white margins and spots.

Cultivation

One tree, probably obtained from Späth, was planted as ''U. campestris microphylla fol. albo-dentatis'' in 1899 at the

Dominion Arboretum The Dominion Arboretum (french: Arboretum du Dominion) is an arboretum part of the Central Experimental Farm of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Originally begun in 1889, the Arboretum covers about of rolling land ...

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, Canada. A specimen of ''U. campestris microphylla fol. albo-dentatis'', obtained from Späth and planted in 1914, stood in the

Ryston Hall Ryston Hall, Ryston, Norfolk, England is a 17th-century country house built by Sir Roger Pratt for himself. The house was constructed between 1669 and 1672 in the Carolean style. In the late 18th century, John Soane made alterations to the hous ...

arboretum, Norfolk,rystonhall.co.uk/
/ref> in the early 20th century, where it was incorrectly listed as ''U. campestris macrophylla fol. albo dentatis''. No specimens are known to survive, the one known specimen in Latvia now acknowledged as probably another cultivar. The tree is not known to have ever been cultivated beyond Europe.

Synonymy

*''Ulmus campestris'' f. ''microphylla albo-dentata'': Dippelbr>
''Hand. Laubh'', 2:25, 1892.

Accessions

Europe

*Hortus Botanicus Nationalis, Salaspils, Latvia. Acc. no. 18143 (acknowledged as possibly ''U. minor'' 'Variegata')

References

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