Hybridizer Vilmorin-Andrieux et Cie

France - Paris, Verrières-le-Buisson (Essonne)
This topic gathers informations about: Vilmorin, Vilmorin-Andrieux, Vilmorin-Andrieux et Fils, Vilmorin-Andrieux & Cie, Vilmorin & Cie

See below:

• Registrations Introductions
• List of other irises

One of the world's largest and most important Seedhouses. This firm was really started by the families Geoffroy and Andrieux to whom was allied by marriage in 1774, Philippe Victoire de Vilmorin (1745-1804) who became through his wife, the sole proprietor in 1780 and it is about this time that the present firm name was adopted. The Vilmorin family, a very ancient one of Lorraine, had many very famous members in the 16^th, 17^th, and 18^th centuries, magistrates, soldiers, clergy etc. There was a wonderful old advertisement of theirs in 1783 which shows among many other plant names, "Iris de Perse"; and which styles themselves "Marchand Grainier Fleuriste & Botaniste ordinaire du Roi". Jacques Lévêque de Vilmorin (1883-1933), eldest son of Maurice de Vilmorin (1839-1918), research worker, agriculturalist, agronomist and co-proprietor of the firm, and after 1917, the head, was very much interested in Beets and, with his grandfather, Louis de Vilmorin, published a book on Heredity in Beets. He also did much work with grain (Barley), classifying yhe principal varieties grown in France and raising new ones. He gave collections of trees to the State and received the Cross of the Legion of Honor in 1925. Another member of the firm, Henri Levêque de Vilmorin (1843-1899) was a plant collector, hybridizer and horticulturalist. Messrs. Roger and René de Vilmorinwere after this members of the firm. Philippe de Vilmorin (1872-1917) and Roger de Vilmorin wrote much in the horticulktural and agricultural papers on various horticultural and scientific subjects and also some articles on Irises. This firm has made large exhibits in flower shows and often shown many Irises, have raised them too and began to specialize in them in 1900. Well known and deservedly famous seedlings are 'Alcazar', "Eldorado'; and 'Le Corrège' and they made many splendid introductions of recent years, 'César Franck', etc. It is true that "without the Vilmorins one would have less grain in our fields, less sugar in our beets, less flowers in our gardens". Long list of Irises as far back as 1865, special lists 1918 to date and in English 1922 to date 1939. (Synthesis by Bob Pries).
See more:

• Les Vilmorin (1746-1899) .
• Vimorin, depuis 1743 - Notre Histoire .
• Sylvain Ruaud, irisenligne, 2014-03-28: À l'ombre d'un géant, Philippe de Vilmorin et la Maison Vilmorin-Andrieux. .
• Obituary of Phillipe Vilmorin

A story by S. Mottet "Vilmorin's Orchid-flowered Irises" from the June 1921 AIS Bulletin, No. 3, pages 17-19.

Registrations Introductions

Intermediate Bearded

• 1893: 'Caprice' (see TB).
• 1907: 'Monsignor' (see TB).
• 1908: 'Azur'.
• 1911: 'Archevêque' (see TB), 'Chérubin'.
• 1914: 'Déjazet' (see TB).
• 1915: 'Tringlot'.
• 1916: 'Opéra'.
• 1920: 'Alliés', 'Grévin', 'Medrano'.
• 1922: 'Thésée', 'Timothée'.
• 1924: 'Céphée', 'Emmeline', 'Velouté'.
• 1926: 'Aldébaran', 'Andromède', 'Étoile du Matin', 'Fra Angelico', 'Le Poussin', 'Van Dyck'.
• 1927: 'Bellatrix', 'Neubourg'.
• 1928: 'Régulus'.
• 1929: 'Frigolet'.
• 1930: 'Alcée'.
• 1931: 'Carboncini Blanc', 'Tydée'.
• 1933: 'Princesse Pierre Wolkonsky'.
• 1934: 'Moire', 'Mousseline'.
• 1935: 'Satin', 'Surah'.
• 1936: 'Lehár'.
• 1937: 'Berlioz', 'Grétry'.
• before 1938: 'Lyncée'.
• 1938: 'Lalo'.

Japanese

• 1901: 'Ganymède'.
• 1903: 'Astarté', 'Circé'.
• 1905: 'Aspasie', 'Melpomène'.
• 1906: 'Confucius', 'Hélène', 'Isabelle', 'Nagasaki', 'Neptune'.
• 1907: 'Iphigénie', 'Patrocle'.
• 1909: 'Phœbus', 'Pluton', 'Salammbô'.
• 1910: 'Hercule', 'Reine Des Bulgares'.
• 1912: 'Eumée', 'Nina'.
• 1914: 'Amphitrite'.
• 1915: 'Reine Hélène'.
• 1918: 'Hébé', 'Priam'.
• 1928: 'Kobé', 'Sapporo'.
• 1931: 'Ourava'.
• 1932: 'Matsuda', 'Morioka', 'Sasuna'.
• 1935: 'Izumi', 'Ogura', 'Sasaki'.

Miniature Dwarf Bearded

• 1903: 'Séraphin'.
• 1920: 'Fiancée'.

Siberian

• 1904: 'Albescens', 'Cristata', 'Malvavea'.

Spurias

• before 1927: 'Ochroleuca Double'.
• 1930: 'Musulmanica Sky Blue', 'Ochroleuca Reflex'.

Tall Bearded

• 1893: 'Caprice' (first registered an IB).
• 1897: 'Dorine', 'Loute'.
• 1902: 'Diane'.
• 1904: 'David', 'Goliath', 'Isoline', 'Miriam', 'Olympia', 'Oriflamme', 'Tamerlan'.
• 1907: 'Monsignor' (first registered an IB).
• 1908: 'Gaîté'.
• 1909: 'Candélabre'.
• 1910: 'Alcazar', 'Eldorado'.
• 1911: 'Archevêque' (first registered an IB), 'Parisiana'.
• 1914: 'Drapeau', 'Déjazet' (first registered an IB).
• 1916: 'Ambigu', 'Goumier'.
• 1919: 'Magnifica'.
• 1920: 'Ambassadeur', 'Artilleur', 'Ballerine', 'Chasseur', 'Cluny', 'Euryclée', 'Georges Roberts', 'Molière', 'Némée', 'Raffet', 'Réjane', 'Victoire'.
• 1921: 'Mrs. Walter Brewster', 'Trianon', 'Turco'.
• 1922: 'Marsouin', 'Zouave'.
• 1923: 'Châtelet'.
• 1924: 'Hussard', 'Judée', 'Marigny', 'Papillon', 'Tussor';
• 1925: 'Asmodée', 'Égée', 'Grenadier Vilmorin'.
• 1926: 'Alhambra', 'Argos', 'Cassiopée Vilmorin', 'Caylus', 'Léonard de Vinci', 'Orion', 'Pégase', 'Véga', 'Watteau'.
• 1927: 'Antarès', 'Arcturus', 'Colisée', 'Géricault', 'Le Corrège'
• 1928: 'Algol', 'Altaïr', 'Michel-Ange', 'Murillo'.
• 1929: 'Debussy', 'Degas', 'Dionée', 'Lulli', 'Nicée'
• 1930: 'Nérée', 'Tessié'.
• 1931: 'Carboncini Bleu', 'Jonchée, 'Ptolémée'.
• 1932: 'Coryphée'.
• 1933: 'Androgée'.
• 1934: 'Foulard', 'Velours'.
• 1935: 'Albène', 'Finette', 'Nansouk', 'Ondée', 'Organdi', 'Percale'.
• 1936: 'Favart'.
• 1937: 'Feydeau', 'Hérold', 'Linon', 'Rameau', 'Widor'.
• 1938: 'Ardoisière', 'Auber', 'Audran', 'César Franck', 'Lecoq', 'Le Titien Vilmorin', 'Monsigny', 'Planquette', 'Violacea Superba'.
• 1939: 'Florence'.

nota bene: in Journal de la Société Nationale d'Horticulture de France, 1927, 4e série, Tome XXVIII, p. 257 , 'Corot', 'Mignard' are irises by Vilmorin (series with artist name).

List of other irises

From Journal de la Société Nationale d'Horticulture de France:

• Japaneses iris:
  • 1906, pp. 458-459 : Phébus, Eucharys, Hélios, Néréide, Pallas, (also see Revue Horticole 1907, p. 366 ), Triton, Nausicaa, Diogène, Galathée; 1928, p. 266 : Tokyo, p. 267 : Osaka, Mito.
• Tall Bearded:
  • 1907, p. 283 : Cordelia, Étendard (1897, see journal 1922, p. 215 ), Fénelon, Grand Mogol (1897, see journal 1922, p. 215 ), Magot (1903, see 1922, p. 215 ).
  • 1910, p. 325 : Athénée (1910, see Journal SNHF 1922, Tome XXIII, p. 215 ), Chauve-souris, Don Juan, Opera, Renaissance (1904, see Journal 1922, Tome XXIII, p. 215 ), Scala.
  • 1914, p. 387 : Moncey (1908, see Jounal 1922, Tome XXIII, p. 215 ).
  • 1916, p. 78 : Améthyste (1897, see journal 1922, p. 215 ), Barbe Bleue, Comtesse de Courcy, Duchesse de Nemours, Odéon (1906, see Journal SNHF 1922, Tome XXIII, p. 215 ), Poilu (1912, see Journal SNHF 1922, Tome XXIII, p. 215 ).
  • 1920, p. 168 : Spahi (1912, see Journal SNHF 1922, Tome XXIII, p. 215 ); 1921, p. 175 : Mrs. Edward Harding (see 'Mrs. Walter Brewster').
  • 1922, Tome XXIII, p. 215 : Éclaireur, Klondyke(1901).
  • 1926, p. 199 : Sirius; p. 200 : Iris Paul Véronèse (see Vilmorin-Andrieux catalog: 1938, p.14); 1927, Tome XXVIII p. 257 : Téniers (see Vilmorin-Andrieux catalog: 1938, p.16).

From Bulletin de la Société Nationale d'Horticulture de France:

• Japanese iris:
  • 1934, 6e série, Tome I, p. 142 : Satsuma.
• Tall Bearded:
  • 1934, 6e série, Tome I, p. 141 : Morphée (see Vilmorin-Andrieux catalog: 1938, p.13).

From Revue Horticole:

• Japaneses iris:
  • 1906: Calypso, Cyclope (see p. 390 ).
• Tall Bearded:
  • 1907, pp. 366-367 : Érynnie, Nestor, Proserpine Vilmorin.
  • 1908, p. 545 : Junon (1901, see Journal de la SNHF 1922, Tome XXIII, p. 215 ).

From 1939 Chechklist:

• Japanese iris: 1903: Uranus; 1923: Ulysse.
• Tall Bearded: 1928: Altaïr, Michel-Ange; 1938: Œil De Paon.

From the Parc Floral de Paris:

• Tall Bearded:
  • 1930: Ocarina.
  • 1938: Tam Tam.
  • 1948: Galoubet.
  • 1949: Castagnette, Diapason, Fifre, Harmonica.
  • 1950: Clavecin, Harpe, Hautbois, Mandoline.
  • 1951: Trompette.

From the Parc Floral de la Beaujoire, Nantes (France):

• Tall Bearded:
  • 1930: Ocarina.
  • 1949: Banjo, Castagnette, Fifre, Violon.
  • 1950: Clavecin, Harpe, Mandoline.
  • 1951: Trompette.

These varieties are visible here: Les Iris de La Beaujoire .

Series name:

• Mythology: Alcée (IB), Amphitrite (JI), Androgée (TB), Andromède (IB), Argos (TB), Aspasie (JI), Astarté (JI), Calypso (JI), Cassiopée (TB), Cephée (IB), Circé (JI), Diane (TB), Diogène (JI), Egée (TB), Érynnie (TB), Eumée (JI), Euryclée (TB), Galathée (JI), Ganymède (JI), Hébé (JI), Hélène (JI), Hélios (JI), Hercule (JI), Iphigénie (JI), Junon (TB), Lyncée (IB), Melpomène (JI), Miriam (TB), Morphée (TB), Nausicaa (JI), Némée (TB), Neptune(JI), Nerée (TB), Néréide (JI), Nestor (TB), Orion (TB), Pallas (JI), Patrocle (JI), Pégase (TB), Phoebus (Phébus) (JI), Pluton (JI), Priam (JI), Proserpine (JI), Reine Hélène (JI), Thesée (IB), Triton (JI), Tydée (IB), Ulysse (JI), Uranus (JI).

• Astronomy: Aldébaran (IB), Algol (TB), Altaïr (TB), Amphitrite (JI), Andromède (IB), Antarès (TB), Arcturus (TB), Bellatrix (IB), Cassiopée (TB), Céphée (IB), Cordélia (TB), Étoile Du Matin (IB), Euryclée (TB), Ganymède (JI), Hébé (JI), Hercule (JI), Melpomène (JI), Neptune (JI), Néréide (JI), Orion (TB), Pégase (TB), Pluton (JI), Priam (JI), Ptoléméee (TB), Régulus (IB), Sirius (TB), Triton (JI), Uranus (JI), Véga (TB).

• Theatre & Music: Alcazar (TB), Alhambra (TB), Athénée (TB), Auber (TB), Audran (TB), Ballerine (TB), Berlioz (IB), César Franck (TB), Châtelet (TB), Chauve-souris (TB), Chérubin (IB), Colisée (TB), Coryphée (TB), Debussy (TB), Déjazet (IB), Don Juan (TB), Dorine (TB), Eldorado (TB), Favart (TB), Feydeau (TB), Gaîté (TB), Grand Mogol (TB), Grétry (IB), Hérold (TB), Isoline (TB), Lalo (IB), Lehár (IB), Lulli (TB), Marigny (TB), Medrano (IB), Molière (TB), Monsigny (TB), Nina (JI), Odéon (TB), Opéra (IB), Parisiana (TB), Planquette (TB), Régulus (IB), Rameau (TB), Réjane (TB), Renaissance (TB), Salammbô (JI), Scala (TB), Séraphin (MDB), Olympia (TB), Tamerlan (TB), Widor (TB).

• Musical instruments: Banjo (TB), Castagnette (TB), Clavecin (TB), Diapason (TB), Fifre (TB), Galoubet (TB), Harmonica (TB), Harpe (TB), Hautbois (TB), Mandoline (TB), Ocarina (TB), Tam Tam (TB), Trompette (TB), Violon (TB).

• Fine arts: Corot (TB), David (TB), Degas (TB), Fra Angelico (IB), Géricault (TB), Grévin (IB), Isabelle (JI), Le Corrège (TB), Le Poussin (IB), Le Titien (TB), Léonard de Vinci (TB), Michel-Ange (TB), Mignard (TB), Murillo (TB), Paul Véronèse (TB), Raffet (TB), Téniers (TB), Van Dyck (IB), Watteau (TB).

• Literature: Alcée (IB), Asmodée (TB), Athénée (TB), Barbe Bleue (TB), Confucius (JI), Cordélia (TB), Fénelon (TB), Galathée (JI), Goliath (TB), Lecoq (TB), Salammbô (JI).

• Places: Caylus (TB), Cluny (TB), Florence (TB), Frigolet (IB), Izumi (JI), Judée (TB), Klondyke (TB), Kobé (JI), Matsuda (JI), Mito (JI), Moncey (TB), Morioka (JI), Nagasaki (JI), Neubourg (IB), Nicée (TB), Ogura (JI), Osaka (JI), Sapporo (JI), Sasaki (JI), Sasuna (JI), Satsuma (JI), Tokyo (JI), Trianon (TB).

• Textiles: Albène (TB), Finette (TB), Foulard (TB), Linon (TB), Moire (IB), Mousseline (IB), Nansouk (TB), Organdi (TB), Percale (TB), Satin (IB), Surah (IB), Tussor (TB), Velours (TB).

• War: Alliés (IB), Ambassadeur (TB), Artilleur (TB), Chasseur (TB), Drapeau (TB), Éclaireur (TB), Étendard (TB), Goumier (TB), Grenadier (TB), Hussard (TB), Marsouin (TB), Oriflamme (TB), Poilu (TB), Régulus (IB), Spahi (TB), Tringlot (IB), Turco (TB), Victoire (TB), Zouave (TB).

• Plants: Alcée (IB), Dionée (TB), Eucharys (JI), Jonchée (TB), Malvacea (SIB), Œil de Paon (TB).

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