President Lincoln

Dunbar, 1916

‘President Lincoln’, S. vulgaris
Dunbar 1916; S III
syn. – Dunbar no. 202, ‘Pres. Lincoln’
{‘Alba Virginalis’ × ? }
Anon., Horticulture 26:35 [1917], 27:534 [1918], 27:625, frontispiece [1918]; Dunbar, Florists Exch., 831 [Sept. 22, 1923]; McKelvey, The Lilac, 362-363 [1928]; Wister, Lilacs for America, 56 [1942]; Wister, Lilacs for America, 39 [1953] – as S II; Anon., ILS Lilac Newsletter 11(1):6-8 [1985]; Johnson, photographer, Lilacs 35(3):back cover [1987] – photograph; Photo on Jorgovani/Lilacs 2015 DVD.
Named for Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, 16th president of the USA.
cultivar name presumed registered 1953; name established and accepted.

Международный регистр названий культиваров рода Syringa L.

President Lincoln Dunbar according to Horticulture, XXVI. 35 (1917), name only; XXVII. 534 (1918), “single, blue in color”; XXVII. 625, frontispiece (1918), “… It has large compound clusters, flowers single, large, seven-eighths of an inch in diameter. Deep wedgewood blue. Seed parent Virginalis. This is the deepest shade of blue known among lilacs in cultivation.” — Dunbar in Florists Exch. September 22, 1923, 831, “Blossoms early, bearing many large clusters of Wedgewood blue, single flowers. In our opinion perhaps the bluest of single flowering Lilacs in cultivation”; Litt. ined. October 3,1923, “Flowers single, 3/4 to 7/8 of an inch across, purplish lilac in bud, Wedgewood blue when fully open; clusters 3 to 4 compound. Branches ascending and habit somewhat compact, very vigorous. Early.” — Duffy in Garden and Home Builder, May, 1927, fig. (p. 258), 308.
Produced by John Dunbar of the Dept. of Parks, Rochester, N. Y.; in a letter the late Mr. Dunbar informed me that this was a seedling (no. 202 Dunbar) of Virginalis [= Alba virginalis] named by him in 1916.
Notes on plant in Arnold Arboretum (plant received from Dept. of Parks, Rochester, N. Y., in April, 1919; no. 10,175 Arn. Arb.). Flowers single, medium size, symmetrical; corolla-lobes cucullate, pointed at apex; anthers clearly visible; tone intermediate; color in bud Light Vinaceous-Purple (XLIV.) ; when expanded Lavender (XXXVI.) tinged with Light Vinaceous-Purple (XLIV.) without, Light Dull Bluish Violet (XXXVI.) within, a solid color. Clusters open, long, narrow-pyramidal, medium to large in size. The color is unusual among Lilacs.

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

Президент Линкольн   President Lincolne   (Dunbar, 1916)
Цветки от лиловато- до чисто-голубых, крупные (до 3 см), простые, душистые, с заметными тычинками; лепестки овальные, с заостренными кончиками. Соцветие, как правило, из одной пары очень крупных (до 30 см длиной), пирамидальных, ажурных метелок. Листья очень крупные, широкие. Кусты очень высокие, прямые, с длинными, слабооблиственными побегами. Цветет умеренно, в ранние сроки. Отличается крупными красивыми соцветиями и листьями. Используется для оформления и срезки.

«ВИДЫ И СОРТА СИРЕНИ, КУЛЬТИВИРУЕМЫЕ В СССР» Л.И. Рубцов, Н.Л. Михайлов, В. Г. Жоголева, Киев, Наукова Думка, 1980