Ulmus × hollandica 'Modiolina'
Encyclopedia
The Ulmus × hollandica cultivar 'Modiolina' was first described by Dumont de Courset
http://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/botanists?id=100356 in Bot. Cult. 3: 700, 1802, as U. campestris var. modiolina, "l'orme Tortillard". A tree grown at Kew
was identified by Melville
as U. × hollandica .
, arboretum, obtained from the Späth nursery
in Berlin
before 1914 , was killed by the earlier strain of Dutch elm disease in the 1930s.
to be the best of the elms for use by wheelwrights, its timber especially suitable for hubs of wheels. The tree was particularly abundant along the road from Paris
to Meaux
.
Georges Louis Marie Dumont de Courset
George Louis Marie Dumont de Courset was a French botanist and agronomist. Born near Boulogne, he studied in Paris and showed an aptitude for music and drawing....
http://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/botanists?id=100356 in Bot. Cult. 3: 700, 1802, as U. campestris var. modiolina, "l'orme Tortillard". A tree grown at Kew
Kew
Kew is a place in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in South West London. Kew is best known for being the location of the Royal Botanic Gardens, now a World Heritage Site, which includes Kew Palace...
was identified by Melville
Ronald Melville
Ronald Melville was an English botanist, based at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. He is chiefly remembered for his wartime research into rosehips as a source of vitamin C, prompted by the epidemic of scurvy amongst children owing to the reduced importation of fresh fruit...
as U. × hollandica .
Description
The tree was described as of pyramidal form, medium height, with small or medium, very deep-green, leaves and crowded branches. When old, a number of knots or 'bosses' appeared on the trunk. The tree produced few seeds, and in some years none at all.Pests and diseases
A specimen at the Ryston Hall http://www.rystonhall.co.uk/, 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
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before 1914 , was killed by the earlier strain of Dutch elm disease in the 1930s.
Cultivation
Probably extinct. 'Modiolina' was considered in FranceFrance
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
to be the best of the elms for use by wheelwrights, its timber especially suitable for hubs of wheels. The tree was particularly abundant along the road from Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
to Meaux
Meaux
Meaux is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located east-northeast from the center of Paris. Meaux is a sub-prefecture of the department and the seat of an arondissement...
.