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 ...

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''Ulmus minor'' 'Picturata' (:decorated with colour) was listed in the 1880 catalogue of Simon-Louis (

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, France), as ''Ulmus picturata'' Cripps, suggesting an English origin in the nursery of Thomas Cripps of

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, who marketed elm cultivars in the 1860s. Clibrans' nursery of

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, Cheshire, marketed it in the early 20th century as ''Ulmus campestris picturata variegata'', their ''Ulmus campestris'' being

English Elm The field elm (''Ulmus minor'') cultivar 'Atinia' , commonly known as the English elm, formerly common elm and horse may, Republished 1978 by EP Publishing, Wakefield. and more lately the Atinian elm was, before the spread of Dutch elm disea ...

. Clibrans Ltd., ''Ornamental Trees Shrubs & Climbers'', cat. 269, Altrincham, 1908-09, p.27
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(1913) placed it under English Elm cultivars.

Description

Henry said that the tree did not appear to differ much from variegated English Elm, except in having larger leaves. The Gembrook or Nobelius Nursery near

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, Australia, mentioned its "very pretty, large variegated foliage".

Cultivation

No specimens are known to survive. There was a small specimen at

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in the early 20th century. A 'Picturata' was marketed in the early 20th century by the former Gembrook Nursery near

, Australia. It is not known whether a variegated field elm distinct from variegated English – or from ''Ulmus minor'' 'Argenteo-Variegata', Silver Elm – survives there. An ''Ulmus campestris picturata variegata'', "Variegated English Elm", was marketed by the Klehm nursery of Arlington Heights, Illinois, at the same period, listed separately from ''Ulmus campestris media variegata argenta'', "Silver variegated English Elm" (probably ''Ulmus minor'' 'Variegata' by the description in the 1916 catalogue; the nursery used ''Ulmus campestris'' for all non-American elms).''Klehm's Nurseries, Season of 1910'', Arlington Heights, Illinois, 1910, p.13
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Synonymy

*''Ulmus campestris'' f. ''fol. picturatis'': Dippel
''Illustriertes Handbuch der Laubholzkunde'', 2:25, 1892
described as having leaves spotted white. *''Ulmus campestris picturata variegata''

References

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