Ulmus procera 'Acutifolia'
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The English Elm
U. procera cultivar 'Acutifolia' was first described (as U. campestris acutifolia) by Masters http://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/botanists?id=183233 in Hort. Duroverni 66. 1831, and later by Mottet http://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/botanists?id=166106 in Nicholson http://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/botanists?id=102243 & Mottet, Dict. Prat. Hort. 5: 383, 1898.
English Elm
Ulmus procera Salisb., the English, Common, or more lately Atinian, Elm was, before the advent of Dutch elm disease, one of the largest and fastest-growing deciduous trees in Europe...
U. procera cultivar 'Acutifolia' was first described (as U. campestris acutifolia) by Masters http://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/botanists?id=183233 in Hort. Duroverni 66. 1831, and later by Mottet http://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/botanists?id=166106 in Nicholson http://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/botanists?id=102243 & Mottet, Dict. Prat. Hort. 5: 383, 1898.
Description
The tree has been described as having narrower leaves and branches more pendulous when mature.Cultivation
Probably extinct. One tree survived in Withdean Park, Brighton for many years, until it was felled in 1978, due to Dutch Elm Disease.Synonymy
- Ulmus campestris acutifolia: Masters, Hort. Duroverni 66. 1831, and Mottet in Nicholson & Mottet, Dict. Prat. Hort. 5: 383, 1898.