The elm
cultivar
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''Ulmus'' 'Globosa' was first described (as ''Ulmus campestris globosa''
Behnsch) in the
Späth nursery The Späth (often spelt ''Spaeth'') family created one of the world's most notable plant nurseries of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The nursery had been founded in 1720 by Christoph Späth but removed to the erstwhile district of Baumschulen ...
catalogue of 1892–93. Considered "probably ''Ulmus carpinifolia (:
minor
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)''" by Green
Description
Späth described the tree as having an uninterrupted, very dense, strongly branched, globose crown with firm, coriaceous shining leaves, but very different from those of
'Umbraculifera'. The leaves were said to be like those of
'Berardii'.
Cultivation
No specimens are known to survive. At the bottom of a 'Globosa' herbarium specimen from Germany a small sketch of a tree labelled ''U. procera'' cv. ''globosa'', which stood in the
Hortus Nymphenburg, Munich, in the mid-20th century, shows a rounded lollipop form on a long bare trunk.
[ Sheet labelled ''Ulmus procera'' Salisb. ''globosa'' (Nich.), Hortus Nymphenburg, Munich, 1957; Sheet labelled ''Ulmus procera'' Salisb. ''globosa'' (Nich.), Hortus Nymphenburg, Munich, 1957] Its leaves, however, do not resemble those of 'Berardii'.
File:Ulmus minor. Boswall Road, Edinburgh (1).jpg, A dense quasi-globose field elm cultivar in Boswall Rd, Edinburgh, with leaves resembling those of the Hortus Nymphenburg specimen, Munich (see External links)
File:Ulmus minor. Boswall Road, Edinburgh (3).jpg, Bark and leaves of dense quasi-globose field elm cultivar in Boswall Rd, Edinburgh
File:AZ0049 Ulmus. Boswall Road (02).jpg, Boswall Rd field elm cultivar, early autumn
File:AZ0049 Ulmus. Boswall Road (04).jpg, Fruit of Boswall Rd field elm cultivar
Synonymy
*''Ulmus campestris globosa''
Behnsch
References
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