The Späth nursery of Berlin distributed a 'Tiliaefolia' from the late 19th century to the 1930s as neither an U. montana hybrid nor a field elm (U. campestris) cultivar, but simply as Ulmus tiliaefolia, suggesting uncertainty about its status.
[2][3] Herbarium specimens appear to show two clones, one smaller-leaved and classified as a field elm cultivar,[4] the other larger-leaved.
The catalogue of the Späth nursery, Berlin, describes 'Tiliifolia' [:'Tiliaefolia'] as having smooth shiny dark green leaves.
[11] A specimen obtained from Späth before 1914, and planted in 1916, stood in the Ryston Hall arboretum, Norfolk,[12] in the early 20th century.
An old elm with leaves close to herbarium specimens of Späth's 'Tiliaefolia', stands (2016) in Belgrave Cescent Gardens, Edinburgh.