Ulmus minor subsp. minor 'Biltii'
- Ulmus minor subsp. minor 'Biltii'
Infobox Cultivar | name = "Ulmus minor" subsp. "minor"
cultivar = 'Biltii'
origin = de Bilt, NetherlandsThe Smooth-leaved Elm "Ulmus minor" subsp. "minor " cultivar 'Biltii' was selected by Bernard Groenewegen at his nursery in de Bilt, Netherlands, possibly from French seedlings.
Description
Groenewegen identified the tree in his catalogue of 1921-22 as "U. campestris Biltii", having a compact, pyramidal crown, not unlike the Cornish Elm, with crowded, dark green and nearly round leaves. The tips of the younger shoots tinged purplish-bronze, contrasting with the yellowish-green emergent leaves [Green, P. S. (1964). Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus. "Arnoldia", Vol. 24. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. [http://arnoldia.arboretum.harvard.edu/pdf/articles/1605.pdf] ] .]Cultivation
Probably extinct.
ynonymy
*"Ulmus campestris" 'Biltil': Pierre Lombarts' Royal Nurseries (Zundert, Netherlands) catalogue of 1959-60, p. 83. Misspelling.
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