Ulmus minor 'Sowerbyi'

Ulmus minor
'Sowerbyi', Cambridge Botanic Garden, 1914
Cultivar	'Sowerbyi'
Origin	England

The Field Elm cultivar Ulmus minor 'Sowerbyi', commonly known as the Sowerby Elm, was described (as Ulmus nitens var. sowerbyi Moss) by Moss in Cambr. Brit. Fl. 2: 90. 1914.

Description

A smaller tree than 'Hunnybunii', the branches shorter and the upper ones very tortuous; leaves smaller and acute.^[1] The obovate to elliptical fruits are also smaller than 'Hunnybunii'. ^[2]

Cultivation

No mature specimens are known to survive. The tree, once referred to as the Norfolk Elm by Smith, was commonly found in the hedgerows and woods of Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, and Huntingdonshire in the early 20th century before the advent of Dutch elm disease.^[2]

References

1. Green, P. S. (1964). Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus. Arnoldia, Vol. 24. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University.
2. Lynch, R I. (1915). Trees of the Cambridge Botanic Garden, in Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society (Ed.: Chittenden), Vol. 41, part 1,  p.16, 1915.