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Ulmus × hollandica 'Dumont' was a very vigorous cultivar, having a straight trunk and a narrow regular, pyramidal crown; the leaves being somewhat smaller than 'Belgica'. The tree was discovered by a gardener on the estate of M. Dumont at Tournay, Belgium, circa 1865 [1]. The tree became a popular choice for street planting in Belgium and France, notably at Versailles (town, not palace)[2] but is not known to remain cultivation.
[edit] Synonymy
- Ulmus campestris var. Dumontii: Mottet [3] in Nicholson [4] & Mottet's Dict. Prat. Hort. 5: 383, 1898, and by Krüssmann [5] in Handb, Laubgeh. 2: 537, 1962.
- Ulmus 'De Dumont': Plant Buyer's Guide, ed. 6. 286, 1958.
[edit] References
- ^ Green, P. S. (1964). Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus. Arnoldia, Vol. 24. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. [1]
- ^ Elwes, H. J. & Henry, A (1913). The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland. Vol. VII. pp 1848-1929. Private publication. [2]
