Ulmus 'Rufa'
The elm cultivar Ulmus 'Rufa' [:rufous-coloured] was listed as U. campestris f. rufa by Georg Dieck, of Zöschen, Germany, without description in Haupt-catalog der Obst- und gehölzbaumschulen des ritterguts Zöschen bei Merseburg, Nachtrag I (1887),[1] though it had been in cultivation for some decades before this date.[2] It was considered "possibly Ulmus carpinifolia" (: Ulmus minor) by Green.[3] DescriptionNot available. An 1834 Paris herbarium specimen shows near-orbicular leaves like those of English elm.[2] CultivationUlmus rufa, 'European red elm', was marketed by Prince's nursery of Flushing, New York from the 1840s.[4] No specimens are known to survive. References
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