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Note: Before 1860, Belleville was an independant municipality ; then became the "Quartier de Belleville" (10th, 11th and 19th, 20th arrondissements).
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Nicolas Lémon (1787-1836), who was the founder of the culture of the geranium in France, had an a horticultural establishment, since 1815. Silver Medal of the Société d'Horticulture de Paris, 1829.
His son, Jean-Nicolas, worked with him, before his successor. He added the culture of the iris and their hybridization in the activities of the nursery.
see: Abbé BERLÈSE & M. POITEAU, Rapport fait à la Société (...) sur la culture et la collection d'iris de M. Lémon, Annales de la Société royale d'horticulture de Paris, 1842, Tome XXX, pp. 408-414.
Also see A.I.S. bulletin, April 2000, p.116 : "Lemon, Jacques, and de Bure" by Mahan, Clarence (Traduction française parue dans IRIS et BULBEUSES n° 140, Printemps 2001, pp.6-8).
Intermediate Bearded
Miniature Dwarf Bearded
Miniature Tall Bearded
Tall Bearded
From Annales de Flore et de Pomone:
From L'Horticulteur Universel:
From Bulletin du Cercle Général d'Horticulture:
From Journal de la Société Nationale d'Horticulture de France
From Farr's Hardy Plants
Interested in French irises ? Please visit: France Iris | Société Française des Iris et plantes Bulbeuses (french language).
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