Ulmus 'Scampstoniensis'
Encyclopedia
The cultivar 'Scampstoniensis', the Scampston Elm, originated at Scampston Hall
, Yorkshire
, England
, before 1810. Henry
described the tree as "a weeping form of U. nitens (:Ulmus minor)" from a specimen grown in Victoria Park, Bath, however Green considered it "probably a form of Ulmus × hollandica" ,
"differed little from the species". Elwes
saw the decayed stump of the original tree at Scampston, by which time the tree was no longer known to be in cultivation in nurseries in England .
, arboretum, obtained from the Späth nursery
in Berlin
, was killed by the earlier strain of Dutch elm disease prevalent in the 1930s.
Scampston Hall
Scampston Hall is a country house in North Yorkshire, England, with a serpentine park designed by Charles Bridgeman and Capability Brown. It is located on the north side of the A64 Leeds/Scarborough road, 4 miles east of Malton, in Scampston village, whose name was variously written in ancient...
, Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, before 1810. Henry
Augustine Henry
Augustine Henry was an Irish plantsman and sinologist. He is best known for sending over 15,000 dry specimens and seeds and 500 plant samples to Kew Gardens in the United Kingdom. By 1930, he was a recognised authority and was honoured with society membership in Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Finland,...
described the tree as "a weeping form of U. nitens (:Ulmus minor)" from a specimen grown in Victoria Park, Bath, however Green considered it "probably a form of Ulmus × hollandica" ,
Description
Loudon opined that a tree of the same name in ChiswickChiswick
Chiswick is a large suburb of west London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It is located on a meander of the River Thames, west of Charing Cross and is one of 35 major centres identified in the London Plan. It was historically an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex, with...
"differed little from the species". Elwes
Henry John Elwes
Henry John Elwes, FRS was a British botanist, entomologist, author, lepidopterist, naturalist, collector and traveller who became renowned for collecting specimens of lilies during trips to the Himalayas and Korea. He was the first person to receive the Victoria Medal of the Royal Horticultural...
saw the decayed stump of the original tree at Scampston, by which time the tree was no longer known to be in cultivation in nurseries in England .
Pests and diseases
A specimen at the Ryston Hall, NorfolkNorfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
, arboretum, obtained from the Späth nursery
Späth nursery
The Späth family created one of the world's most notable plant nurseries of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The nursery had been founded in 1720 by Christoph Späth but removed to the erstwhile district of Baumschulenweg in south-east Berlin in 1863 when Franz Ludwig Späth succeeded his father...
in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, was killed by the earlier strain of Dutch elm disease prevalent in the 1930s.
Synonymy
- Ulmus glabra var. scampstoniensis: Kirchnerhttp://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/botanists?id=102729, in Petzoldhttp://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/botanists?id=102728 & Kirchner, Arb. Muscav. 560, 1864.
Europe
- Brighton & HoveBrighton & HoveBrighton and Hove is a unitary authority area and city on the south coast of England. It is England's most populous seaside resort.In 1997 Brighton and Hove were joined to form the unitary authority of Brighton and Hove, which was granted city status by Queen Elizabeth II as part of the millennium...
City Council, UK, NCCPG Elm Collection, one tree in Woodvale Crematorium