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Nicolai Anders von Hartwiss (transliteration Андерс Николай фон Хартвис[1]) (1791–1860) was a Russian botanist, plant explorer and plant breeder.

Life

Von Hartwiss was born Nikolauis Ernst Bartholomäus Anhorn von Hartwiss in 1792. His father had an estate in Livonia.[2] By that time Livonia (roughly present day Latvia) had been absorbed (under the Governorate of Livonia) into the Russian Empire, but the nobility, including the von Harwisses, still retained its ancient Baltic German forms.[3]

Von Hartwiss was educated at the Livonian university of Dorpat, possibly at its famous faculty of natural science.[2]

He was an officer in the wars against Napoloeon 1812–1818, discharged with wounds.[2]

Von Hartwiss at one time gained practical gardening experience laying out fields of flowers, fruit trees and both exotic and domestic trees on his father's estate.[2]

In 1824 he was appointed to the Russian Imperial Botanical Garden at Nikita in Yalta on the south coast of the Crimea. In 1827 he became its second director. From Nikita he organised plant hunting expeditions into the surrounding territories.[2]

He and his wife themselves had an estate in the Crimea.[4] He died in the Crimea in 1860.

Exploration

Von Hartwiss collected plants in Georgia and the Crimea. Numerous species were named by him, some named after him.[2]

Eponyms

Plant breeding

Von Hartwiss imported many plants for the Botanic Garden, including roses. In 1827 he began to breed roses. These were partly for the Garden itself, but also for the Alupka Palace of the governor-general of the Caucasus, Count (later Prince) Michael Vorontsov. Some thirty of his roses were sold from the Alupka Palace nursery. At least two are still growing there.[2][9]

Roses bred

Known Hartwiss varieties are 'Comtesse Elizabeth Woronzof' 1833, still growing at Alupka; 'Belle de Nikita' 1833, still at Alupka and thought by some to be the rose imported into France as 'Marechal Niel'[4] ; 'Baronne Julie de Berkheim' 1833, apparently lost.[10]

Sortable list of Hartwiss-bred roses[11][12]

Name Date Type Colour Extant
Baronne Julie de Berkheim[13] <1855 China hybrid unknown Lost
Belle de Livonia[14] <1834 alba hybrid unknown Lost
Belle de Riga[15] <1834 gallica hybrid unknown Lost
Blanche de Riga <1834 alba hybrid White Lost
Bouquet de Nikita[16] <1860 sempervirens hybrid unknown Lost
Comtesse Elizabeth Woronzof[17] 1829 China hybrid Chamois with pink Yes
Comtesse Nathalie Tchernischoff[18] <1834 semerflorens hybrid unknown Lost
Comtesse Pahlen <1834 semerflorens hybrid unknown Lost
Foncée-brillante de Livonia[19] <1834 gallica hybrid unknown Lost
Inconparable de Livonia[20] <1834 gallica hybrid unknown Lost
Mignonette d'Alupka[21] 1828 Hybrid Noisette Cream Yes
Ombre de Riga <1834 gallica hybrid unknown Lost
Princesse Anne Golitzin[22] <1834 Grevillii hybrid unknown Lost

References

  1. ^ ru.wikipedia.org/.../Список_ботаников_по_их_сокращениям Abreviaturas científicas de botánicos
  2. ^ a b c d e f g (Russian) Anna Abramovna Galichenko, "Nicholas Hartwiss and the rose collection of the Imperial Botanic Garden at Nikita", Bulletin of the State Nikita Botanical Garden, Volume 83, Yalta, 2001.
  3. ^ Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Allen Lane 2011, especially the chapter "Litva". ISBN 978-1-846-14338-0.
  4. ^ a b (Russian) Yu. and K. Vikhlyaeva Arbat, "Rosa 'Alupka'. The detective on the botanical trail." 2011.
  5. ^ Gartenfl. (1857) 342. (IK)
  6. ^ Ueb. Pfl. Acclimat. in Russl. 6. (IK)
  7. ^ Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou xxx. (1857) I. 387. (IK)
  8. ^ Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada viii. (1883) 61, nomen. (IK)
  9. ^ (Russian) Anna Abramovna Galichenko, "Inhaling the scent of Roses", World of estate culture. VIII Crimea International scientific readings. No date.
  10. ^ (Russian) Y.Y. Arbatskaya, "Old roses on the south coast of the Crimea", c. 2011.
  11. ^ Peter Cox, Australian Roses, Bloomings Books, 1999, pp. 36–7. ISBN 1-876473-02-9.
  12. ^ Help Me Find Roses entry for Hartwiss
  13. ^ Baronne Julie de Berkheim at helpmefind.com
  14. ^ Belle de Livonia at helpmefind.com
  15. ^ Belle de Riga at helpmefind.com
  16. ^ Bouquet de Nikita at helpmefind.com
  17. ^ Comtesse Elizabeth Woronzof at helpmefind.com
  18. ^ Comtesse Nathalie Tchernischoff at helpmefind.com
  19. ^ Foncée-brillante de Livonia on helpmefind.com
  20. ^ Incomparable de Livonia on helpmefind.com
  21. ^ Alupka at helpmefind.com
  22. ^ Princesse Anne Golitsin at helpme find.com
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