Ulmus 'Gallica'
Ulmus 'Gallica' | |
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L'Avenue de Sceaux and the Caserne du Génie, Versailles | |
Genus | Ulmus |
Cultivar | 'Gallica' |
Origin | France |
The elm cultivar Ulmus 'Gallica' (Chev.) was described as U. gallica by Auguste Chevalier in 'Les Ormes de France' (1942).[1] A probable hybrid by its suckering habit, it was said to be an elm of central and north-west France and the Paris area. The type tree was said by Déséglise to be seen in Bourges.
Description
A medium-sized suckering elm, not dome-shaped, with upright semi-fastigiate, spreading branching. Leaves largish, oval-elliptic (12–15 cm x 6–9 cm), leathery, asymmetric at base, abruptly acuminated, deep-toothed below the apex, sometimes tricuspidate, with short white-downy petioles.[2] Large samara (up to 2.3 x 1.8 cm); seed central.
Cultivation
Chevalier noted that the tree was sometimes planted in avenues, including the Avenue de Sceaux at Versailles.[3] The large-leaved elms of the Boulevard Saint-Michel, Paris, praised by William Robinson in his Parks and Gardens of Paris (1883), match the description of Chevalier's 'Gallica'.[4]
- Elm avenue, Boulevard Saint-Michel, Paris, late 19th century
- Elm avenue, Boulevard Saint-Michel, Paris, early 20th century
References
- ^ "Les Ormes de France" (PDF). Revue de botanique appliquée et d'agriculture coloniale. 22 (254): 448. 1942.
- ^ "Specimen - P06882780". Collection: Vascular plants (P). Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris (France). Sheet labelled Ulmus montana Smith, relabelled Ulmus gallica Chev.; specimen from Bourges, 1854
- ^ 'Les casernes de Versailles', cartophilie-viroflay.org
- ^ Robinson, William, The parks and gardens of Paris : considered in relation to the wants of other cities and of public and private gardens, being notes on a study of Paris gardens (London, 1883), p.158
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- U. americana var. floridana (Florida elm)
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