A very tall tree, with foliage similar to that of the Huntingdon Elm.
The Rev. Adam Buddle originally identified the tree as 'a broad-leaved smooth Wych Elm' that grew 'plentifully about Danbury'.

A distinguishing feature of 'Vegeta', according to Schneider (1906) and Mitchell (1974), is that the leaf margins to right and left of the petiole start from a vein, not from the midrib.
This feature appears in the Queens' College Chichester leaves (see autumn leaves from the old trees, in gallery) and is frequently present in classic chalice-shaped 'Vegeta' elsewhere, assumed to be Huntingdon (see 'Description' gallery, 'Vegeta').
If, however, the feature distinguishes Chichester from Huntingdon, the former may be more common in cultivation than currently believed, having over time been mis-called "Huntingdon".
Leaves from Hinchingbrooke Park, the stated source of Huntingdon, collected by Heybroek in 1960 do not show this feature, nor do some old 'Vegeta' cultivars in Oxford and Edinburgh (see ' 'Vegeta'-like cultivars' in Huntingdon article).
A very tall tree, with foliage similar to that of the Huntingdon Elm. The Rev. Adam Buddle originally identified the tree as 'a broad-leaved smooth Wych Elm' that grew 'plentifully about Danbury'.
A distinguishing feature of 'Vegeta', according to Schneider (1906) and Mitchell (1974), is that the leaf margins to right and left of the petiole start from a vein, not from the midrib. This feature appears in the Queens' College Chichester leaves (see autumn leaves from the old trees, in gallery) and is frequently present in classic chalice-shaped 'Vegeta' elsewhere, assumed to be Huntingdon (see 'Description' gallery, 'Vegeta'). If, however, the feature distinguishes Chichester from Huntingdon, the former may be more common in cultivation than currently believed, having over time been mis-called "Huntingdon". Leaves from Hinchingbrooke Park, the stated source of Huntingdon, collected by Heybroek in 1960 do not show this feature, nor do some old 'Vegeta' cultivars in Oxford and Edinburgh (see ' 'Vegeta'-like cultivars' in Huntingdon article).
Ulmus × hollandica 'Cicestria'