Ulmus minor 'Webbiana'

Petzold and Kirchner in Arboretum Muscaviense (1864) described the leaves of their Ulmus campestris concavaefolia (Loudon), as "short and rounded, dark green above and whitish green below, more or less concave, that is, curling upwards at the edges so that the pale underside is more prominent than the darker upper"[https://archive.org/stream/arboretummuscav01kircgoog#page/n573/mode/1up Petzold and Kirchner in Arboretum Muscaviense (Gotha, 1864), p.557] – a description, as Henry noted, that exactly matches 'Webbiana'. 'Webbiana', as described by Henry (1913), is "pyramidal in habit, with ascending branches and sparse foliage. The leaves are folded longitudinally, so that most of the upper surface is concealed", but are "in other respects similar to those of var. stricta". Späth's 1903 catalogue said it had "small roundish leaves". The Ellwanger and Barry Nursery of Rochester, New York, described it as "a handsome variety, with small curled leaves".[https://archive.org/details/ellwangerbarrymo1898moun/page/62 Ellwanger & Barry (Mount Hope nurseries), Rochester, N.Y., 1898, p.62] Bean (1936) described it as "columnar in habit".Bean, W. J. (1936) Trees and shrubs hardy in Great Britain, 7th edition, Murray, London, vol. 2, p.618 The Royal Victoria Park, Bath, where there was a specimen, described 'Webbiana' in 1905 as "an elegant tree". The reddish seed is on the notch of the samara.[http://arboretum.harvard.edu/plants/image-search/?keyword=Ulmus&submit=Search 'Webbiana' samarae, by William Friedman, arboretum.harvard.edu/plants/image]

The origin of the epithet is obscure, but may commemorate Philip Barker Webb, an English botanist of the early 19th century.

The tree is not known to have any significant resistance to Dutch elm disease.

Two 'Webbiana' were planted at Kew Gardens in 1871. One tree was planted in 1899 as U. campestris webbiana at the Dominion Arboretum, Ottawa, Canada.{{Cite book|last1=Saunders|first1=William|last2=Macoun|first2=William Tyrrell|url=https://archive.org/stream/bulletinissues00ottogoog#page/n80/mode/2up/|title=Catalogue of the trees and shrubs in the arboretum and botanic gardens at the central experimental farm|year=1899|edition=2|pages=74–75|publisher=Ottawa }} 'Webbiana' and an Ulmus campestris concavaefolia were listed separately at the Royal Victoria Park, Bath (1905).{{cite journal |last=Inman |first=T. Frederic |date=1905 |title=The Elm|url=https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofbat10bath#page/37/mode/1up|journal=Proceedings of the Bath Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club|volume=10|page=37 |access-date=19 August 2016}} The tree continued in cultivation in continental Europe, appearing on the lists of the Hesse Nursery of Weener, Germany, to the 1930s,{{cite book|last1=Hesse|first1=Hermann Albert|title=Preis- und Sortenliste|date=1932|pages=96–97|url=https://archive.org/stream/HesseHermA1932#page/n96/mode/1up/|access-date=18 January 2018}} and in New Zealand.'Webbiana' in New Zealand, register.notabletrees.org.nz/tree/view/418 It was introduced to the USA in the late 19th century, appearing in the catalogues of the Mount Hope Nursery (also known as Ellwanger and Barry) of Rochester, New York. At least two specimens are known to survive, one in the United States and one in the UK, the latter treated as a hedging plant to avoid the attentions of the Scolytus beetles that act as vectors of Dutch elm disease. The tree remains in cultivation in Poland, where it has been propagated from the last surviving specimen in the country, in Sanniki, believed to have been supplied by the former nursery at Podzamcze, Masovian Voivodeship,'Webbiana', Konieczko Nursery, Gogolin, drzewa.com.pl: [http://www.drzewa.com.pl/2757-wiaz-polny-webbiana.html?search_query=webbiana&results=1]{{Cite web | title = Encyklopedia drzew Ulmus minor 'Webbiana' - Wiąz polny 'Webbiana' | work = encyklopediadrzew.pl | access-date = 2017-05-10 | url = http://encyklopediadrzew.pl/encyklopedia.php?r=1830 | language = pl }} which sold 'Webbiana' as late as 1937.{{cite book|last1=Zamoyskiego|first1=Franciszka|title=Szkółki w Podzamckie|date=1937|location=Podzamcze|page=44|edition=Autumn 1937 - Spring 1938|url=http://www.sbc.org.pl/Content/94790/iii754631pdf.pdf#page=50|access-date=20 October 2017}}

"A very fine specimen of this distinct variety" stood in the grounds of Westonbirt House, Gloucestershire, {{convert|80|ft|m}} high and {{convert|9.8|ft|m}} in by the 1920s.{{Cite book|title = Catalogue of the Trees & Shrubs [at Westonbirt] in the Collection of the Late Lieut-Col. Sir George Lindsay Holford|last = Jackson|first = A. Bruce|year = 1927|location = London|pages = 195}}

• ? U. campestris var. concavaefolia Loudon: Henry; Krüssmann
• U. foliacea Gilib. 'Viscosa': Wageningen Arboretum{{Naturalis Biodiversity Center |id=WAG.1853022 |name=Ulmus carpinifolia Gled. 'Webbiana'}} Sheet (including samara) described as U. carpinifolia Gled. 'Webbiana', formerly called U. foliacea Gilib. 'Viscosa' (Wageningen Arboretum specimen, 1962); {{Naturalis Biodiversity Center |id=WAG.1853021 |name=Ulmus carpinifolia Gled. 'Webbiana'}} Sheet described as U. carpinifolia Gled. 'Webbiana', formerly called U. foliacea Gilib. 'Viscosa' (Wageningen Arboretum specimen, 1962); {{Naturalis Biodiversity Center |id=WAG.1853018 |name=Ulmus carpinifolia Gled. f. webbiana}} Sheet described as U. carpinifolia Gled. aff. 'Webbiana', formerly called U. carpinifolia 'Viscosa' (Wageningen Arboretum specimen, 1962); {{Naturalis Biodiversity Center |id=WAG.1853019 |name=Ulmus carpinifolia Gled. 'Webbiana'}} Sheet described as U. carpinifolia Gled. 'Webbiana', formerly called U. foliacea Gilib. 'Viscosa' (Wageningen Arboretum specimen, 1962)

• Arnold Arboretum, US. Acc. no. 761–80

• Grange Farm Arboretum, Lincolnshire, UK. Acc. no. 1138.
• Wakehurst Place Garden Wakehurst Place, UK. Acc. no. 1879–21052 (as U. carpinifolia f. webbriana [sic])

None known

• Szkółki Konieczko [http://www.drzewa.com.pl], Gogolin, Poland.
• Szkółka Krzewów Ozdobnych [http://www.walaszczyk.pl], Bielsko-Biała, Poland.
• Szkółka Drzew i Krzewów Ozdobnych BÓR [http://www.floramedia.pl], Sędziszów, Poland.

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