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E.'La Flore des Serres et Jardins de l'Europe' of L.Van Houtte

After that he had done some years practice in France and after an expedition in Brazil Louis Van Houtte (1810-1876) established himself in 1839 in Gentbrugge in Belgium. He established there with his managing partner the nurseryman Adolf Papeleu (1811-1859) a nursery trade. Van Houtte's knowledge about botany, his commercial attitude and a good knowledge of languages took care of that with him came before a progressive generation horticulture men. Till that fame contributed his remarkable company catalogues and the by him published remarkable series of colorplates 'La Flore des Serres et Jardins de l'Europe' (contains more than 2000 plates).
About 1870 Van Houtte owned the most flourishing nursery company of his country with an area of 14 ha, with on it among other things 50 serres. Famed was the Victoria regia-serre in which was breeded for the first time on the European continent this exotic waterplant outof the Amazone-area. From 1854 he also was mayor of Gentbrugge. After he died in 1876 his son continued the trade.
He brought in commerce rather some new rose varieties. However many new fuchsia varieties didn't stand on his name. In old nursery catalogues (among other things that of Lemoine) he is named as the author of 'Syringeaflora' (1849) and 'Variegata' (1853). Further information of these fuchsias, which aren't now still longer in trade, I couldn't find. Syringeaflora' is a cultivar that looked at form to the outside like F.arborescens (Sims 1825).

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F.venusta - (Humboldt, Bonpland and Kunth 1823). Plate 538 in edition 1849.

F.venusta - (Humboldt, Bonpland and Kunth 1823). Plate in edition 1849.

F.nigricans - (Linden & Planchon 1849). Plate 481 in edition of 1849.

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F.excorticata - (Forster 1776). It isn't sure that this print is a publicated in 'La Flore des Serres et Jardins de 'l Europe'

F.simplicicaulis - (Ruiz&Pavon 1802). This is plate 85 from the edition 1859. This species has reddish branches..

F.macrantha (Mathews >1846). Now this species is named F.inflata. Plate 151-162. After import in England this species flowers there with pale-red flowers. See on this GFI-website the article 'J18-III_From the historie of the fuchsia' .

'Auguste Gevaert' - (Coene 1858). One of a number varieties introduced by Coene.

'Béranger' - (Coene 1858). This is plate 87 in Vol. XIII from 1859.

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'Dominyana' - (Dominy 1854). Plate 1004. Crossbreeding parents are F.macrostigma x F.denticulata or F.serratifolia x F.spectabilis

'Rosalba' - Still an other variety that in 1850 is introduced by De Coene.

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'Solferino' - (Lemoine 1860). Plate 251 in Vol. VII. This French author has introduced more than 400 varieties.

F.miniata- (Linden 1852). Possible a cultivar with the habit of F.serratifolia. Plate 754 in Vol. VIII publ. 1852.

'Lord Clyde' -(Youelle 1859). From Vol. VIII plate 259.

'Galanthiflora' - Possible the same variety as 'Galanthiflora Plena' (Storey 1855)

'Misai' , 'Tatlo' and 'Remor' - All are from De Coene 1870

F.globosa racunculiflora plena - From the first edition of 'Flore des Serres et Jardins de l'Europe' from 1845.

F.sessifolia - Litho in Horto Van Houtteana Van Houtteano'. Plate nr.907. The sizes of the plate are 6 x 12".

F.corymbiflora alba - Litho in Horto Van Houtteana, is dated ca. 1850. The sizes of the plate are 24,5 x 16 cm

F.serratifolia - (Ruiz and Pavon 1802). The platenumber wasn't to be find.

F.splendens - (Zuccarini 1832). The platenumber wasn't to be find.

'Gelderse Fuchsia Info-site' - November 2008