Ulmus × hollandica 'Modiolina'

Ulmus × hollandica
Details
Hybrid parentage	U. glabra × U. minor
Cultivar	'Modiolina'
Origin	Europe

The Ulmus × hollandica cultivar 'Modiolina' was first described by Dumont de Courset [2] 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 ^[1].

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. ^[2]

Pests and diseases

A specimen at the Ryston Hall [3], Norfolk, arboretum, obtained from the Späth nursery in Berlin before 1914 ^[3], was killed by the earlier strain of Dutch elm disease in the 1930s.

Cultivation

Probably extinct. 'Modiolina' was considered in 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 to Meaux.^[2]

References

1. ^ Green, P. S. (1964). Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus. Arnoldia, Vol. 24. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. [1]
2. ^ ^{a b} Browne, D. J. (1846). The Trees of America. Harper & Brothers, New York.
3. ^ Ryston Hall Arboretum catalogue, circa 1920