- Ulmus 'Variegata Nova'
Infobox Cultivar | name = "
Ulmus "
cultivar = 'Variegata Nova'
origin = EnglandThe cultivar 'Variegata Nova' was first listed by Nicholson in "Kew Hand-List Trees and Shrubs", 2: 137,1896 , as "Ulmus campestris" var. "variegata nova", but without description. The tree was considered "possibly "U. carpinifolia" (: minor") by Green 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] ]Description
Henry Elwes, H. J. & Henry, A. (1913). "The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland". Vol. VII. pp 1848-1929. Private publication, Edinburgh. [http://fax.libs.uga.edu/QK488xE4/7tgbi/] ] stated that the tree bears "leaves often much reduced in size, and entirely whitish. Occasionally, branches are produced bearing leaves of normal size with variegation confined to the margin, and one or two branches with green leaves".
Cultivation
Probably extinct.
References
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