Ulmus × hollandica 'Alba' explained

Ulmus × hollandica 'Alba'
Hybrid:	U. glabra × U. minor
Cultivar:	'Alba'
Origin:	Europe

Ulmus × hollandica 'Alba' is one of a number of hybrids arising from the crossing of the Wych Elm U. glabra with a variety of Field Elm U. minor. First mentioned by Kirchner in 1864 as U. fulva Hort. var. alba.^[1]

Description

A specimen in the Herb. Nicholson at Kew was identified by Melville http://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/botanists?id=132712 as a rather broad-leafed form of U. × hollandica var vegeta (sensu Rehder).^{[2] [3]}

Cultivation

No specimens are known to survive.

Notes and References

1. Book: Petzold. Carl. Eduard Petzold. Kirchner. Georg. Georg Kirchner. 1864. Arboretum Muscaviense. 559.
2. Rehder, Alfred, Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs hardy in the cooler temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, 1949; p.140
3. Green . Peter Shaw . Peter Shaw Green . 1964 . Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus. Arnoldia . 24. 41–80 . 6–8 . . 16 February 2017.