Gloire de Moulins

origin not known, pre-1867

‘Gloire de Moulins’, S. vulgaris
origin not known pre-1867; S V
syn. – ‘Gloria de Moulins’, ‘Gloria Molinae’
Baudriller, Cat. No. 43, 142 [1880]; McKelvey, The Lilac, 307 [1928]; Wister, Lilacs for America, 49 [1942] – as S IV; Wister, Lilacs for America, 30 [1953]; Photo on Jorgovani/Lilacs 2015 DVD.
Cultivar name presumed registered 1953; name established and accepted.

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Gloire de Moulins A. Leroy, Cat. 1865, 100, as Syringa Rothomagensis gloria Molinae and as Lilas Varin gloire de Moulins, name only. – Dauvesse, Cat. no. 36, 46 (1872), as Lilas Gloire de Moulins, name only. — L. Leroy, Cat. 1872, 84, as Syringa rhotomagensis (varin) gloria molinae, name only. – Hartwig and Rümpler, Vilmorin’s Blumengärtn. 561 (1875), “Diese Form besitzt unter den Syringen die schönsten Sträusse und entwickelsten Blumen,” and as Moulins-Flieder. — Ottolander in Sieboldia, II. 187 (1876), as Gloire des Molins. – Lavallée, Arb. Segrez. 168 (1877), as S. dubia var. Gloire de Moulins. — Baudriller, Cat. no. 43, 142 (1880), “Magnifique variété à thyrses volumineux, fleurs très-grandes, d’une belle couleur rose vif lilacé,” as gloria Molinae and as Lilas commun gloire de Moulins. – Dieck, Haupt-Cat. Zöschen, 78 (1885). – E. Lemoine in Jardin, VI. 152 (1892). – Hartwig, Ill. Gehölzb. 380 (1892), and as Fleider Ruhm von Moulins. — L. Henry in Jardin, VIII. 175 (1894), “Fleurs rose lilacé, nuance bleuâtre. Inflorescences grandes et bien fournies”; XV. 281, fig. 135 (1901). — Rehder in Möller’s Deutsch. Gärtn.-Zeit. XIV. 206 (1899), “blassrosa in Helllila übergehend.” Gordon in Gardeners’ Mag. fig. (p. 499) (1901). – Wilson in Gard. Mag. XXIII. fig. (p. 155) (1916). – Späth-Buch, 1920, 223, “Rispe gross und gut geformt. Blüten rosalila, Knospen zart rosa. Blüht früh auf.”
To avoid confusion the name Gloire de Moulins, which is commonly used for this form, has been retained rather than the Latinized name Gloria Molinae.
By some this form was considered, wrongly, to be a variety of the hybrid S. chinensis. L. Henry notes this incorrect classification.
This was one of the forms used by Mr. V. Lemoine to pollinize Azurea plena. See Azurea plena.
Mr. E. Lemoine wrote me on January 16, 1925: “Cette variété a du être obtenue par un horticulteur de Moulins lès Metz, peut-être M. Lapied.” I have been unable to obtain any reply from this source.
In the catalogue of Van Geert (no, 169, 45, 1896) appears as a name only, a S. vulgaris Gloire de Toulon. The same form is listed in the catalogue of the Société Anonyme Horticole de Calmpthout (no. 4, 45, 1902-1903) the successors to the Van Geert firm. Mr. Kort, the president of this firm, wrote me on November 3, 1894, that this is identical with the Lilac Gloire de Moulins; he describes it as “Boutons rouge brun, intérieur rose lilacé, fleur simple énorme.” I have found no mention of such a name elsewhere.
Possibly the form Triomphe de Moulins is identical with Gloire de Moulins. See Triomphe de Moulins.
Notes on plant in Arnold Arboretum (grown from cuttings taken June 12, 1895, from plant received from Späth in January, 1888, no. 2978-1 Arn. Arb.). Flowers single, medium size, symmetrical; corolla-lobes narrow, cucullate; anthers visible but not conspicuous; tone intermediate to pale; color in bud Deep Hellebore Red to Eupatorium Purple to Tourmaline Pink (XXXVIII. when expanded Laclia Pink to Pale Laclia Pink without, white marked with Laelia Pink or Pale Laelia Pink (XXXVIII.) within. Clusters open, conical, medium size. A fine, simple form.

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