Ulmus glabra 'Cornuta'
'Cornuta' is distinguished only by the one or two cusp-like lobes either side of the apex of the leaf on strong-growing shoots, similar to "Ulmus laciniata". Short-shoot leaves lack the cusps. Fontaine (1968) reported that 'Cornuta' had a more reddish-brown autumn colouring than other elms. "U. triserrata" (syn. "U. intermedia" ) was described in Petzold and Kirchner as "very similar to "U. montana", but the leaves appear to be firmer, a little shorter, and widened towards the tip. The tip is very sharp-pointed, likewise the two large teeth, one on each side, in consequence of which the leaf appears tricuspidate. A form similar in appearance but less pronounced occurs in "U. montana"." Späth catalogues describe the leaf of "U. montana triserrata" as "usually three-pointed", but herbarium leaf-specimens in the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh from Späth's specimens show a non-cuspidate leaf with a triserrate (triple-toothed) margin (see External links below). A cultivar of the Wych Elm, 'Cornuta' is susceptible to Dutch Elm disease. Fontaine (1968) reported that a form of 'Cornuta' was cultivated along the Reguliersgracht, Amsterdam, "with reasonable success as a street tree". 'Cornuta' is now very rare in cultivation. Although introduced to North America, there is no record of its introduction to Australasia. One tree, possibly 'Cornuta', was planted in 1897 as "U. montana laciniata" syn. "U. montana triserrata" at the Dominion Arboretum, Ottawa, Canada. Three specimens supplied by Späth to the RBGE in 1902 as "U. montana triserrata" may survive in Edinburgh, as it was the practice of the Garden to distribute trees about the city (viz. the Wentworth Elm); the current list of Living Accessions held in the Garden "per se" does not list the plant. A specimen obtained from Späth as "Ulmus triserrata" and planted in 1916 stood in the Ryston Hall arboretum, Norfolk, in the early 20th century. A very large tree survives at Meise, in Belgium; measured in 2002, it had attained a height of 35 m, and a d.b.h. of at 1.2 m. Several examples survive along Milletstraat in Amsterdam. Three heavily pruned trees, closely planted and now fused together as one stand behind the Centraal Museum in Utrecht, Netherlands. North America Europe
Cultivation
It was distributed by the Späth nursery, Berlin, in the late 1890s and early 1900s as "U. montana triserrata" .