Photographer’s Note
This photo was taken in Zhongshan Botanical Garden, Nanjing.
“This is the first time that it has borne at all profusely in the Arnold Arboretum and even now it is floriferous on only one side. D. involucrate is a native of China, having been discovered some sixty years ago by Abbé Armand David in Szechuan on the borderland of Tibet. Subsequently the range was extended to Hupeh and Yunnan. The first botanical description was published by Dr. Henri Ernest Baillon in 1871 when the genus Davidia was launched and dedicated to its discoverer. In 1897 it was introduced to European horticulture by Père Farges, who sent seeds to Maurice L. de Vilmorin. In 1906 the first flowers were produced in France. At this time, in "Revue Horticole", the flowers and habit of the Vilmorin plant were figured.” (ARNOLD ARBORETUM HARVARD UNIVERSITY BULLETIN OF POPULAR INFORMATION, SERIES 3. VOL. V MAY 28, 1931 NO. 7)
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