The hybrid elm cultivar Ulmus × hollandica 'Eleganto-Variegata' is one of a number of cultivars arising from the crossing of the Wych Elm U. glabra with a variety of Field Elm U. minor. It was first mentioned by Millerkiki.huh.harvard.edu in The Gardeners Dictionary (1735), as U. major Hollandica, angustis & magis acuminatis sammaris, folio latissimo scabro, eleganter variegato.The Gardeners Dictionary ed. 2. 1735, 'Ulmus' no. 9
Description The tree was described as the Dutch elm with striped leaves.
Pests and diseases 'Major' (if 'Eleganto-Variegata' is a sport of this) is very susceptible to Dutch elm disease.
Cultivation A "striped-leaved Dutch elm" was distributed by Perfect's of Pontefract, Yorkshire, in the 1770s.Perfect, William and John: A catalogue of forest trees, 1777 (York, 1777), p.2-3 No specimens are known to survive.
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