Claude Bernard

Lemoine, 1915

‘Claude Bernard’, S. ×hyacinthiflora
Lemoine 1915; D V
{S. vulgaris × S. oblata subsp. oblata} per 1950 Kingsville Nursery catalog.
syn. – ‘Claud Bernard’
Lemoine, Cat. No. 189, 23 [1915]; McKelvey, The Lilac, 197 [1928]; Wister, Lilacs for America, 45 [1942], 27 [1953]; Photo on Jorgovani/Lilacs 2015 DVD.
Named for Claude Bernard, 1813-1878, French physiologist, who studied the effects of anesthetics on plants and animals (ether and chloroform were later used in breaking flower-bud dormancy when forcing lilacs).
Cultivar name presumed registered 1953; name established and accepted.

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Claude Bernard Lemoine, Cat. no. 189, 23 (1915), “A tall shrub attaining 10 feet in a short time, long panicles of large double or semi-double flowers, bright mauve lilac. In 1914 this variety was in full flower April 15.” — Havemeyer in Gard. Mag. XXV. 233 (1917). — Dunbar in Florists Exch. September 22, 1923, 831.
In the United States the flowering season is somewhat later than in France.
Notes on plant in Arnold Arboretum (plant received from T. A. Havemeyer, Glen Head, N. Y., in April, 1917; no. 7624 Arn. Arb.). Flowers double, with two corollas and additional lobes at throat, only rarely semi-double; corolla-lobes broadest above the middle, rounded, or pointed at the apex; tone intermediate to pale; color in bud Deep Purplish Vinaceous (XLIV.) to Light Perilla Purple to Argyle Purple (XXXVII.); when expanded Hay’s Lilac (XXXVII.) without, Light Mauve to Pale Mauve (XXV.) marked Bluish Lavender (XXXVI.) near throat within.
I have seen only the English edition of Lemoine’s catalogue no. 189.
This form is mentioned in “Standardized Plant Names” (485, 1923) without indication of its hybrid origin. The paragraph prefacing the list in which it appears is misleading and would indicate that it was a form of S. vulgaris.

“THE LILAC: A Monograph” Susan Delano McKelvey, MacMillan, New York, 1928

Claude Bernard, S. × hyacinthiflora – Клод Бернар, Лемуан, 1915 г., Франция, розоватая (V), махровая.
Бутоны: округлые, винно-розовые
Цветки: от розовых до светло-лиловых, средней величины, со слегка искривлёнными лепестками. Посередине лепестков имеется тонкая канавка. Изредка видны тычинки, или центр прикрыт неразвитыми лепестками
Соцветия: большие
Листья: округло-сердцевидные
Куст: быстрорастущий, широкий
Срок цветения: ранний
Назван в честь Клода Бернара (1813-1878), французского физиолога, изучавшего влияние анестетиков на растения и животных (эфир и хлороформ были позже использованы для нарушения периода покоя бутона при выгонке сирени).

“СИРЕНЬ. Каталог сортов”. Наталья Савенко, Москва, 2019