Ulmus glabra 'Dovaei'

The putative Wych Elm cultivar Ulmus glabra 'Dovaei', or Doué elm,[1] was raised by the André Leroy nursery at Angers, France, as Ulmus dovaei, before 1868.[2] The Baudriller nursery of Angers marketed it as Ulmus Dowei, "orme de Doué",[1] suggesting a link with the royal nurseries at nearby Doué-la-Fontaine, which stocked elm.[3] Green considered it a form of wych.[2]

Ulmus glabra 'Dovaei'
SpeciesUlmus glabra
Cultivar'Dovaei'
OriginFrance

Description

Leroy described the tree as vigorous, well-shaped, large-leaved, and "proper for avenues".[2] The Adams nursery of Springfield, Massachusetts, reported that the leaves were "golden at first, but changing to a deep green".[4] The Gaujard-Rome nursery of Châteauroux, France, described Orme Dovei as dark-green all summer.[5] Kelsey's nursery of New York noted that it held its leaves late.[6][7] The Mount Hope Nursery (also known as Ellwanger and Barry) of Rochester, New York, described 'Dovaei' as "a very erect, rapidly growing sort, with smooth bark and dark green leaves".[8]

The Herbarium of the Arnold Arboretum holds a leaf-spray and samara specimen of an Ulmus glabra 'Dovaei' (spelled 'Davaei') sourced from the Ellwanger & Barry nursery.[9] The leaves shown in this spray have petioles longer than the wych type (which are shorter than 5 mm[10]) while the samarae are intermediate, confirming that the source tree, whether 'Dovaei' or not, was hybrid.

Cultivation

'Dovaei' is not known to remain in cultivation. It was distributed by the Späth nursery of Berlin from the late 19th century, first as U. scabra Dovaei Hort. (1890),[11] then as U. montana Dovaei (1892), Späth using U. montana both for wych cultivars and for some Ulmus × hollandica hybrid cultivars.[12] The latter name was preferred at Kew Gardens, where there was a specimen,[13] and by Clibrans' of Altrincham, Cheshire, who described it in their early 20th-century catalogues as "an upright, vigorous-growing variety with large leaves".[14][15]

The tree was planted at the Dominion Arboretum, Ottawa, Canada in 1893 as U. montana Dovaei (syn. U. campestris Dovaei).[16] It was introduced to the USA in the 1870s, the Mount Hope Nursery of Rochester, New York, and (later) Kelsey's of New York, listing it as Ulmus 'Dovaei'.[17][18] The Adams nursery of Springfield called it 'Dovei Elm', "a handsome new variety from France" (1895),[4] It was planted as Ulmus Dovaei in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, in the early 20th century.[19] The Rockmont nursery of Boulder, Colorado called it 'Dovey's Scotch Elm'.[20]

Introduced to Australia as U. montana Dovei, the tree was marketed in the early 20th century by the Gembrook or Nobelius Nursery near Melbourne (it was described as "a first-class novelty" in their 1918 catalogue)[21] and by Searl's Garden Emporium in Sydney. It was planted along the Avenue of Honour in Ballarat in 1918.[22] It is not known whether it survives there (avenue elms are listed only as " Ulmus sp."[23]) or elsewhere in Australia.

Synonymy

References
  1. Baudriller Établissement d'Horticulture (1880). Catalogue général descriptif et raisonné des arbres fruitiers, forestiers & d'ornement cultivés dans l'établissement. Angers. p. 117.
  2. Green, Peter Shaw (1964). "Registration of cultivar namesin Ulmus". Arnoldia. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. 24 (6–8): 41–80. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  3. 'La pépinière sur le bassin de Doué-la-Fontaine', lamagiedurosier.fr
  4. Adams nursery, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1895 cat., p.29
  5. Pépinières Gaujard-Rome et Cie, Châteauroux, 1930, p.88
  6. Kelsey, Frederick W., Choice hardy trees and plants, cat. 28, N.Y., 1892, p.17
  7. Kelsey, Frederick W., Choice Trees, cat. 55, N.Y. 1906, p.20
  8. Ellwanger & Barry, Mount Hope Nurseries, Rochester, 1898 catalogue; p.61
  9. Photograph of 'Dovaei' specimen, sweetgum.nybg.org
  10. Coleman, M (ed.). (2009). Wych Elm. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. ISBN 978-1-906129-21-7
  11. L., Catalogue 79 (1890-91; Berlin), p.115
  12. Späth, L., Catalogue 89 (1892-93; Berlin), p.116
  13. Hand-list of trees and shrubs, excluding Coniferae, grown in Arboretum Kew Gardens (London, 1902), p.621
  14. Clibrans, Ltd. (1909). Ornamental Trees Shrubs & Climbers. Season: 1909-10. Altrincham, Cheshire, UK: . p. 29
  15. Clibrans Ltd. (1921). Ornamental Trees Shrubs & Climbers. Season: 1921-22. Altrincham, Cheshire, UK: Clibrans. p. 15.
  16. Saunders, William; Macoun, William Tyrrell (1899). Catalogueof the trees and shrubs in the arboretum and botanic gardens at the central experimental farm (2 ed.). pp. 74–75. Central Experimental Farm, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  17. 'Descriptive Catalogue of Ornamental Trees & Shrubs', no.2, Mount Hope Nursery, Rochester, 1871; p.6
  18. General catalogue, 1904 : choice hardy trees, shrubs, evergreens, roses, herbaceous plants, fruits, etc. New York: Frederick W. Kelsey. 1904. p. 18.
  19. Thirty-first Annual Report of the Board of Park Commissioners of San Francisco, San Francisco, 1902, p.78
  20. 1910 catalogue, Rockmont Nursery, Boulder, Colorado, p.7
  21. Gembrook or Nobelius Nursery, Melbourne, 1918 catalogue
  22. ballarat.comArchived 2014-04-13 at the Wayback Machine
  23. Ballarat Avenue of Honour map, honouringouranzacs.com.au
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