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Francois Joseph
[M. grandiflora], cv. (Treyve, at Trevoux (Ain) France, circa 1871), ex Pampanini, Bull. Soc. Tosc. Ort, 41: 102 (1916), foliage compact and pyramidal; flowers very large and abundant.
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Nom du cv. : François Joseph
Obtenteur : M. Treyve
Lieu : Le Trévoux dans l'Ain
Date : autour de 1871
Publication : Pampini dans le bulletin de la société horticole de Toscane en 1916
Suit la description du feuillage et des fleurs.
Pour ce qui est du cv. Goliath qui n'est pas un synonyme du cv. Praecox
Goliath
[M. grandiflora], cv. (C. Smith, Caledonia Nursery, Isle of Guernsey. 1910), in Millais, Magnolias 140 (1927). leaves short, rounded, blunt at apex, light glossy green, smooth beneath; flowers very large and produced to November, See Gard. Chron. 148: 309 (1960).
Quant à Praecox il y en a plusieurs
Praecox
[M. grandiflora], cv. (Cels, Cat. Arb. p. 23. 1817, Paris, France), as a sp. in bloom from May to late Autumn. Loudon, Hort. Brit. 226 in Pampanini, Bull. Soc. Tosc. Ort.41: 105 (1916), precocious, (1830) and Loudon, Encycl. Trees & Shrubs 23 (1842), ‘leaves oval-oblong. Flowers fully expanded. This is an early variety, introduced from Paris about 1830. The flowers...are produced from the end of May till the approach of Winter.’
Praecox du Grand Jardin
[M. grandiflora], cv. (Nurseries, San Francisco Bay region, 1907), per Riedel, 1957. A. & E. Kay, Pl World Fla. 33 (1933), very dense, upright form. Leaves large, strongly nerved, undulated, oblong-ovate, 15-19 in. long, 4-6 in. wide, yellowish-brown beneath; flowers very large and deliciously fragrant.
Praecox du Mans
[M. grandiflora], cv. (Nurseries, San Franciso Bay region, California circa 1907), per Riedel, Pl. Extra-trop. Reg. 383, 384 (1957), nomen nudum. cultivated in 1961 by D. Todd Gresham, Santa Cruz, California and the University of California at Los Angeles.
Praecox Fastigiata
[M. grandiflora], cv. (Henry J. Hohman, Kingsville Nurseries, Kingsville, Maryland, circa 1961), listed in a letter to Dr. John M. Fogg, Jr., dated 14 October 1961, as still flowering. Some years it blooms into late November, protected by his house. introducer raised it as a seedling of cv. Praecox.
Praecox Pyramidata
[M. grandiflora], cv. (Nehrling, My Garden in Fla. 104. 1944), growth upright, pyramidal; foliage similar to that of the former (cv. Praecox Du Grand Jardin) only a little smaller and of still lighter green. Flowers very large.
Precoce de(s) Nantes
[M. grandiflora], cv. (Besant, Gard. Chron. 66: 365, Fig. 165. 1929), nomen nudum. Cultivated at Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland. syn.: M. parviflora cv. Precoce Des Nantes, fig, 165 caption on p. 363, in error, possibly this = cv. Nannetensis.
Ce qui est vendu dans les jardineries est une belle pagaille. Il faut acheter chez un pépiniériste spécialisé et reconnu comme tel, toujours avec un ouvrage de référence sous la main. On limite les dégats.
