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Ulmus 'Myrtifolia'

Elm cultivar

Summary

Elm cultivar

Field	Value
cultivar	'Myrtifolia'
genus	Ulmus
origin	England?

The elm cultivar Ulmus '**Myrtifolia''*, the **Myrtle-leaved Elm''', first appeared in nursery and horticultural lists in the 1830s, as Ulmus myrtifolia and Ulmus campestris myrtifolia, the name Ulmus myrtifolia Volxem being used at Kew Gardens from 1880. Lawson's nursery of Edinburgh appears to have been the earliest to list the tree. 'Myrtifolia' was listed by Nicholson in Kew Hand-List Trees & Shrubs (1896), but without description. It was later listed as a cultivar and described by Rehder in 1939 and by Krüssmann in 1962.

The specimen under this name in the Herb. Nicholson at Kew was considered by Melville to be a probable U. minor × Ulmus minor 'Plotii' hybrid.

The cultivar 'Myrtifolia Purpurea', which has larger leaves, is not related to 'Myrtifolia'.

Description

'Myrtifolia' was described as having leaves ovate or rhombic-ovate to oblong-ovate, 2–5 cm long with nearly simple teeth, loosely pilose on both sides. The petiole is 2 to 4 mm long, and the samara is 12 to 15 mm long.

Cultivation

A 'Mytifolia' was present in North Road, Bath in 1902. There were specimens at Arnold Arboretum in the mid-20th century, sourced in the 1920s from a tree in Cleveland, Ohio.

The tree is not known to remain in cultivation.

Synonymy

Ulmus campestris (: minor) var. myrtifolia Hort.: Nicholson, in Kew Hand-List Trees & Shrubs 2: 135, 1896.
Ulmus buxifolia Hort.: Nicholson, Kew Hand-List Trees & Shrubs 2: 135, 1896, in synonymy.
Ulmus procera var. myrtifolia: Bean (1934)
Ulmus procera f. myrtifolia: Rehder (1939)

References

[https://archive.org/details/hortuslignosuslo00loudrich/page/144?q=Floetbeck Loudon, J. C., ''Hortus lignosus londinensis: or, A catalogue of plants ... cultivated in the gardens and grounds in the neighbourhood of London: with all their synonyms, including their French, German, and Italian names; ... To which are added ... hardy trees and shrubs in the principal nurseries of London and Edinburgh, and at Bollwyller in France, and in Hamburg'' (London, 1838), p.145]
[https://archive.org/details/internationalex02gardgoog/page/n317 ''Report of the Board on behalf of United States Executive Departments at the International Exhibition held at Philadelphia 1876'' (Washington 1884), vol 2, The Department of Agriculture: Horticultural and Propagating Division; p.311]
[https://archive.org/stream/pinetumbeingsyno00gorduoft#page/n650/mode/1up The Lawson Company's List, no. IV, ''Forest Trees & Shrubs'', Nov. 1874; Lawson Seed & Nursery Co., Edinburgh & London, p.25]
Nicholson, ''Kew Hand-List Trees & Shrubs'', vol.2 (London 1896), p.135
Rehder, Alfred. (1939). "Rehder, new species, varieties and combinations". Journal of the Arnold Arboretum.
Krüssmann, J. G., ''Handbuch der Laubgehölze'' 2: 540, 1962
Green, Peter Shaw. (1964). "Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus". [[Arnold Arboretum]], [[Harvard University]].
Inman, T. Frederic. (1905). "The Elm". Proceedings of the Bath Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club.
Bean, W. J., ''Kew Hand-list of Trees and Shrubs'', 1934, p.341

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