Decembi t 23, L93 1 



II o KT 1 CULTURE 



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Hi- l >s i introductions included Begonia manicata aureo- 

 maculata and Abutilon Thomson ii II. pi. Rai - ' I'.egonia 

 sempei floi i o and carminea, Pelargi 



Emile Lemoine and the doubli Belle Nanceienne. \ 

 number of worth] a i of delphiniums, primulas 



nnd gladioli were also raised, besi es Pa 1 a intermedia, 



a cross from P. Makoyana and P. Wmm. In 1885 

 Lemoine raised the double Bouvardias Sun- Froid 



and Lei oi from l'>. Alfred Neuner and leiantha, 



several geraniums, montbretias and the double lilacs 

 Alphonse Lavalli e and M ichel Buechner. 



In 1886 il verblooming fuchsias were produced, by 



ml' trade varietie with F. Ricartonii. Also to the 

 tradi the double Begonia [ncendie, the striped geranium 

 Citoyen des deux Mondes, Gladioli Mine. Lemoine and 

 Vesuv, Weigela Congo and the double lilacs President 

 Grevj ando Mons. Maxime Cornu and Pyramidal. 



In lss; Clematis La Prance was introduced. This 

 year he raised Heliotrope giganteum, a cross from II. 

 peruvianum and II. incanum, Fuchsia Mrs. K. G. Hill, 

 Pelargonium Galilee, Bouvardia flavescens 11. pi. and 

 the white La Favorite, Gladiolus E. V. Hallock, Mont- 

 bretias Drap d'Or and Eldorado, also the double lilacs 

 Comic Horace <lc Choiseul, Mme. Jules Finger and Sen- 

 ateur Volland. In ls>s he introduced FJaeagnus Si- 

 monii tricolor. Raised several clematis, lilacs. begonias. 

 Phlox decussata Eclaireur, Gladioli Amiral Kraniz. La- 

 mark, M. Leveque, Pactole and Venus de Milo, also the 

 Montbretias Rayon d'Or and Transcendaiit. This year 

 also gave him Philadelphus Lemoinei, a cross from 

 Philadelphus microphyllus from California with Phila- 

 delphus of the trade. This established a line of plants 

 with small foliage and rare scented (lowers. 



In k889 his introductions included Begonia Gera 

 noid,'s. ami 1!. Natalensis, Euscaphis'staphileoides, Dode- 

 eathedn Lemoinei, Begonias Lafayette and octopetala. 

 He raised Montbretia Soleil Couchajrf and the lilacs 

 .lean Barth and Emile Lemoine. Lemoine also gave 

 us this year Gladiolus Naneeianus, a cross from his 

 best G. Lemoinei and G. Saumlersianus from Capeland. 

 He showed for the first time the sorts: Comte de Choi- 

 Mil. Maurice dc Vilmorin, P. I>u Chartre and President 

 Carnoi. In 1890 he introduced Aralia eashmerica, Cle- 

 matis Baron Veillard, Asparagus retrofractus arboreus, 

 Syririga Bretschneiderii and pubescens, also Begonia 

 Baumanni with scented flowers. Raised and sent oui 

 the winter-flowering Begonias I 'riomphe de Lemoine and 

 Triomphe de Nancy, the don Clematis i iticella La 

 Nanceienne, Philadelphus, Lemoinei erectus, Gladiolus 

 Lemoini i VI eH ilson, 1 1 : Nuee bleu Gladi- 



olus Nanceianus Harr} V T eitch and Le Grand Carnot, 

 Montbretia Aurora. Phlox Flambeaux, the double, lighi 

 blue lilac Presideni Carnoi and the double white Mine. 

 Lemoine. His 1891 introductions were Deutzia parvi- 

 flora, Primula Poissonii, Lonicera Sullivantii and Chrys- 

 anthemum Lou - B imer. Raised Spirea Bumalda 

 ruberima, the Phi I na, Matador, Pantheon, the 



double lilacs Belle de Nan I 



-ul. the Weigelas Descartes and Pascal. 



I 'i om qov on the ra ising of oi h vai Lei ies, in so manj 

 different lines of plant-, became really prodigious and 

 we have room only to mention the mosl important of 



etween L89] and the 

 present huh . ' - the grand Begonia (iloire 



le Loriaim nn B. so rotana and B. D 



Barbacenia squamata, Hillia tetrandra, Tamarix 

 garcia, Osteomeles anthilid Panax sessiliflorum 



and Viburnum dilatatum. I Ufred l olomb, Be 



gonia coronata and numerous other things. In 189 



(Jap), the fir=t Jap- 



anese anen rom seed in Europi and raised the 



double lilacs Louis Henry and .Mm.-. Ga6imir I 



In 1895 the brilliant scarlet Phlox Coquelicol and the 



>ne. Lord Raleigh, were raised . also I 



\l mi i larnot, I leu ! , and a number of good 



In 1896 he raised Crassula hybrids rosea from 



• jasmim a and I; alcata e double Lilacs Abel 



Carriere, Cliarl ! and Ft. Morel and the single 



In L891 Rus elia Lemo m . < lazania - 

 I leuchi i a brizoidi -. i In I ilai - M me. Li on Simon, 



dial de Bass pierre and Prince de Bcauvan, also some 



clematis, etc. In 1898 from seed, Begonia Vesuve, 

 I leutzia grai i h. venusta. 



It would require page upon page to record wha 

 inoine has produced in all from L899 until today and 

 ii would -impl\ wear] the reader to go over the names 

 of the amazing number of plants which this man has 

 given to the world in these lasl ten to twelve years. 



It i- interesting to note which of his introductions or 

 hybridizations Mr. Lemoine considers as the most val- 

 uable one.-. Among the introductions are the following: 



Cle m- erecta Sore pleno, C. integrifolia Durandi, C. 



Davidiana, C. Marie Boisselot, C. La France and I 

 Mme. Baron Veillard; Hydrangea paniculata grandi- 

 iloia: Carpenteria californica; Polygonum baldschuani- 

 eiim ; Deutzia Vilmorinae; Viburnum Carlesii; Spiraea 

 Aitchisoni; Asparagus retrofractus arboreus; Begonia 

 Baumanni, B. fulgens, etc. 



Amongst the hybridizations, he values most the 

 double-flowered tuberous begonias, and the following in 

 succession: (iloire cle Lorraine. Vesuve, Perle Lor- 

 raine, Corbeille de Feu, Semperflorens elegans and Ar- 

 genteo guttata; Pelargoniums Gloire de Nancy, Belle 

 Nanecieiine, Paul Louis Courrier, F. V. Raspail, Paul 

 Crampel, Emile Zola, La Favorite, Deuil de Miribel, 

 Col. Poirine, Mme. Thibaut, Citoyen des Deux Mondes 

 and Le \e-ii\e: Clematis Otto Froebel, Lucie Lemoine, 

 Etoile Rose, Viticella Kermesina, La Nanceienne, 

 Matliieu de Dombasle and erecta grandiflora; Weigelas 

 Abel Carriere, Le Printemps, Conquerant, Glorieux and 

 Avant-garde; Philadelphus Lemoinei, Lemoinei Ava- 

 lanche. Lemoinei Mont Blanc. Lemoinei purpureo-mac- 



u la i us. Le ne i Rosace and Lemoinei Voie lactee; Den 



zias Lemoinei discolor grandiflora, Lemoinei Avalanche, 



I. en i Boule Rose, Myriantha, gracilis fastuosa and 



gracilis Candelabrum; Svringas. double-flowered Le- 

 moinei. Mme. Lemoine, Dr. Masters, t'omte de Ker- 



Presidenl Loubet, Mi-> Ellen Willmott, Wal< 

 Rousseau, Rem Jan Desloges and Victor Lemoine, and 



Hi svered I Pasteur and Reaumur ; Fu 



Mrs. E. G. H . Emile de Wilde- 



man and Bertrade; \-i ■ i anus : Pavonia in- 



cermesina; Exocharda Alberti macrantha; 

 Phlox Eclaireur, Flambeau, Etna, Pecheur d'l-lande. 



ii. Matilde Serao, Coquelicot, Maximilien, I 

 -in. Tapis Peonies La Fiancee, Mme. Emile 



i ne. La France, La Lorraine, E. G. Hill, Sarah 



Bernhardt and Als Lo Lnemones -laponica 



Rose, Turban. Couronnement, !' 

 ne and Le Nam n 



I Mil ; i i lasl ten oi lifteen years Lemoini 



pon improving the 

 many diffi 

 families, as I >e itzias, Paeo 



Gla phiniums, Po- 



tentillas, l'\ rel hrun and Pel now 



cultivated I 



only 

 the mi il'ul varieties of Ii and M 





