Ulmus procera Salisb. var. suberosa

Horticultural & Botanical History

Probably the Ulmus suberosa var. glabra of English Botany.  ‘Borders of woods and hedgerows.  Doubtfully wild, but generally distributed in England.  Frequent in the south of Scotland, where, however, it appears to have no claim to be considered native.  Common, but doubtfully native in Ireland.  

England, [Scotland, Ireland.]  Tree.  Early Spring.  A tree, attaining a great size, sometimes 80 feet or more, sending up numerous suckers, with rough brown cracked bark, the branches often with very thick corky excrescences upon them, the shoots of the year pubescent; buds rather small, purplish.’  [English Botany pl. MCCLXXXV/1863-86].

History at Camden Park

Listed in all published catalogues but no longer present in the gardens [T.980/1843].

Notes

As with most European Elms there is some difficulty with an exact identification of this tree.  In the liteature of the time, and in the nursery trade, there was considerable confusion with botanic names and with the common names of the numerous varieties.  This is to some extent mirrored in the large number of synonyms for these plants.