Davidia involucrata
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Read about Davidia involucrata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Davidia involucrata, Baill. Pyramidal tree, to 60 ft., with upright or ascending branches: lvs. cordate-ovate, acuminate, coarsely serrate, strongly veined, bright green and finally glabrous above, densely silky pubescent below, 2¼-5 in. long: heads terminal, peduncled; bracts 2, opposite, rarely 3, ovate to oblong -obovate, entire or serrate, creamy white, of unequal size, the larger to 7 in. long and to 4¼ in. broad: drupe oblong- ovoid, brownish, punctulate, about 1½ in. long. May, June: fr. in Oct. W. China. Var. Vilmoriniana, Hemsl. (D. Vilmoriniana, Dode. D. laeta, Dode). Lvs. glabrous and glaucescent below, or only sparingly pubescent while young. B.M. 8432. H.I. 20:1961. G.C. III. 33 : 235 ; 39 : 346. J.H.S. 1903 : 57 ; 37 : 129, fig. 113. R.H. 1906, pp. 297-9; 1907, p. 321. R.B. 34:230. This variety is better known in cult. than the type. It was intro. in 1897 by Farges who sent seeds from which a single plant was raised by Vilmorin. Later E. H. Wilson sent seeds of the variety as well as the type, from which a large stock of plants was raised by Veitch. Alfred Rehder. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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