R. fortunei at Leonardslee and the pollen parent a particularly good form of , tree. The Rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya , primarily from the Pontus Mountains and the Black Sea region, is also a native of Portugal and southern Spain. PubMedGoogle Scholar, MAXWELL, H. Sir Edmund Giles Loder, Bart. Eyrefield Lodge Stud has a prime location, minutes from the Curragh racecourse. Thank you for visiting nature.com. This is the area that was so thoroughly worked over later by Farrer, Kingdon Ward and Forrest. The European and North American species began to be planted to a limited extent in British gardens early in the 19th century. The starving soldiers consumed large quantities of honey made from the poisonous nectar of the yellow flowered Pontic Azalea, Juniperus pingii 'Loderi' / Loder's Ping's juniper. in 1964. Well known bloodstock breeder Sir Edmund Loder has decided to retire and is putting his beautiful property on the market through Paddy Jordan of Jordan Town & Country Estate Agents. The name "rhododendron" derives from the Greek , as well as R. souliei A lovely set of meat covers which "sat under a sink gathering dust in the cellar" have now been polished up and are listed with a 2,000-3,000 estimate, as they date from 1811 and are by Paul Storr whose work for the Duke of Norfolk's silver service is in the V&A Museum in London. They had two children. Vol II. R. afghanicum By1819 there was a plant of this in the collection at the Royal Botanic Garden at Edinburgh, listed as R. catawbiense The Rhododendron Society Notes Well known bloodstock breeder Sir Edmund Loder has decided to retire and is putting his beautiful property on the market through Paddy Jordan of Jordan Town & Country Estate Agents. and When General Harrison returned to Tremeer after the war, the hedge was not thriving. While there is a wealth of information available on the fascinating Sir Edmund Loder, the most intriguing is a 356pp biography written about him in 1923, titled Edmund Loder Naturalist, Horticulturist, Traveller and Sportsman A Memoir by Sir Alfred E. Pease, Bt., which accompanies the lot. Simon John Loder was born in London on April 4 1932. , as well as such valuable plants as Track 1: Childhood in Sussex, England. William Hooker, was knighted in 1836 and five years later was appointed Director of Kew. R. barbatum To obtain Rhododendron luteum among other plants. Rhododendron aucklandii and five A.M.s, one from Bodnant as recently as 1981 as 'Treetops'. with the European But please note Sir Edmund Loder has only had 9 on this surface so the report could be meaningless due to low sample sizes! He was a keen traveller and his first action was to create a natural habitat for the ferns and Alpine plants he collected. , Track 4: The need for improvements on the estates which he had inherited; recalled many families who had worked on the estates over the years. During this time, he found and introduced many new rhododendron species, as well as collected seed of most of the species discovered by those which had gone before. Burke, Bernard, Sir. THE HOME OF SIR EDMUND AND LADY SUSAN LODER TO INCLUDE OTHER IMPORTANT CLIENTS AUCTION LIVE ONLINE 11 MARCH 10:00 AM (GMT) LOTS 1-4. R. basilicum The conflict of interest he experienced when a new body, Horse Racing Ireland, was being set up, as he was Chairman of the Breeders Association and also a member of the Turf Club. She will be retired to stud and will most likely go straight to Japan.". It has seven bedrooms and five bathrooms. When it grew too large for the greenhouse, branches were cut off, from which Sir Edmund Loder, across the road at Leonardslee, made numerous grafts. ) from Lamellen were the first to be recorded this way. J.C. Williams of Caerhays Castle, Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall and grandfather of the present owner, F. Julian Williams, distributed seed from Wilson's expeditions when he started to work for the Arnold Arboretum. The filly will have more air miles to gather now as she heads east, to a farm which has revolutionized Japanese racing and breeding over the past three decades. R. campanulatum Seedlings of this cross were sent to other gardens in Cornwall and to Sir Edmund Loder at Leonardslee in Sussex. Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Career 1.3 Personal life 2 Bibliography 3 References Biography [ edit] Early life [ edit] Edmund Giles Loder was born on 7 August 1849 in London, England. R. subdeciduum For more European racing, sales, and bloodstock news, visit RacingPost.com. By this time, both the Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University in Massachusetts and the Royal Botanical Garden at Kew were expressing interest in introducing some of the fine plants that the French missionaries, Augustine Henry and other travelers had found in western China. , of which the herbarium specimen is a Leo Powell remembers a Q & A session with Sir Edmund Loder 15 years ago. and R. arboreum which he named after the doctor at the Friends Mission, who saved his leg, badly broken in an avalanche on a later expedition. , which also grows in Alaska, Siberia, Greenland and of course, Lapland. R. caucasicum This cross was also made at Randall's nursery at St. Augstell. Edmund Giles Loder was born on 7 August 1849 in London, England. with He developed the garden at his home at Leonardslee extensively.[4]. The herd of deer and a family of wallabies, which had been in situ since the naturalist Sir Edmund Loder introduced them to the gardens in 1889, were on the verge of being the subject of an animal protection order. [1], Loder was active as a plant collector, breeder and grower. A Scotsman, he worked in the herbarium of the Royal Botanic Garden at Edinburgh, and was selected by the Regius Keeper, Sir Issac Bayley Balfour, to explore and collect in the area further west than Wilson had been. This he did in 1914, inviting my father to accompany him, but father by then had got married. R. ponticum (named after Sir James Brooke, the Rajah of Sarawak) was sent from Borneo in 1845. We . Osmanthus delavayi He returned in 1919, this time to upper Burma and was accompanied for the first season by Euan (E.H.M.) in many old gardens, where originally more attractive hardy hybrids had been planted. , The transformation of Leonardslee into the wide array of flora and fauna that we see today can be best attributed to the Loder family. , Wilson #4238. . In the same area in 1891, 'Sir Charles Lemon' is usually regarded as a natural hybrid of Forrest entered the area through upper Burma, travelling by Bhamo to Tengyueh and Myitkyina. All four bought freely for their gardens any young hybrids available, in many cases new un-flowered hybrids. x The Ross expedition returned in September 1843. , first described by a Japanese botanist in 1920. Several nurserymen, mostly near London, began to distribute them, notably the Waterers at Knaphill and Bagshot and the Veitches at Exeter. They co-operated on loderii hybrid rhododendron, a cross between Leanardslee's Rhododendron fortunei and South Lodge's Rhododendron griffianthium. page 980 view all Sir Edmund Giles Loder, 2nd Bt.'s Timeline "I love my husband, but wouldn't it be terrific to be royalty." Her son hasn't lived at home for five years, she said. , Historical Person Search Search Search Results Results Sir Edmund Giles Loder 2nd Bart of Leonardslee, Horsham (1849 - 1920) Try FREE for 14 days Try FREE for 14 days. R. williamsianum R. augustinii Davidia involucrata Robert Loder was born on 7 Aug 1823, the son of Giles Loder, Esq., of Wilsford, Salisbury, and Elizabeth Higgbotham, daughter of John Higgbotham, Esq. R. yunnanense King's Harlequin sold to Katsumi Yoshida's Northern Farm for 600,000gns. published in three parts between 1849 and 1851, with thirty coloured plates, edited by Hooker's father. R. williamsianum Magor at Lamellen. Millais, 1917. He married Penelope Jane Forde (1945), She is the daughter of Ivo Matthew Leopold Dieskan Forde and Margaret Pamela Robinson They had one child: He lived in 2003 at Eyrefield Lodge, The Curragh, County Kildare, Ireland. Volume includes original boards, restored with attractive new leather spine. Lady Susan and Sir Edmund Loder - now in his 80th year - are downsizing from their 500sq m rural idyll, Eyrefield Lodge, the recently sold stud farm on 160 acres in Kildare as they are off to. and sixteen rhododendron species under twenty-three seed numbers. alliance. He worked as a Bloodstock Breeder in Ireland and the USA, In Ireland he was chairman of the Breeders Assosciation, and a member of the Turf Club. R. brookeanum Lot 191: Chinese Qing imperial silk gown 800-1,200. R. arizelum , Volume III, 8th edition, W.J. King's Harlequin was bred by Sir Edmund Loder from the outstanding family he cultivated of Marwell, Marling and Caerwent. Rhododendron campbelliae There appears to have been a friendly rivalry with his friend Sir Edmund Loder, a plantsman and owner of nearby Leonardslee country estate. R. dalhousiae Bred by: Sir Edmund Loder, Leonardslee Gardens. R. moulmainense He also backed George Forrest's 1910 and 1912-14 expeditions and distributed seed from them. Sir Robert Loder, 1st Baronet, DL, JP (7 August 1823-May 1888) was an English landowner, magistrate and Conservative politician. Rhododendron 'Loderi Pink Diamond - microprop' Pastel shell pink, and fragrant(Sir Edmund Loder) Crossed 1901. . aemulorum R. ponticum This was between 1899 and 1902. after trial at Wisley, as have several rather better quality hybrids, notably 'Dopey' and 'Percy Wiseman' and one or two others made at Windsor and by Arthur George at the Hydon Nursery. Named after renowned plantsman, collector, and breeder Sir Edmund Loder (1849-1920) who first developed hybrid rhododendrons from R. fortunei and R. griffithianum, the Rhododendron (Loder collection) has been somewhat neglected over the years. She transferred to Clement's brother Christophe in Kentucky ahead of the 2022 season but failed to add stateside success to her French glories. R. insigne Three years later, Robert's brother Gerald buys Wakehurst. 7 Aug 1849; bapt. EYREFIELD LODGE THE HOME OF SIR EDMUND AND LADY SUSAN LODER TO INCLUDE OTHER IMPORTANT CLIENTS. He trained native collectors, mostly Mosso tribesmen from a village in the Lichiang range in northwest Yunnan, who covered a wide area and found and collected seed of many new species. Internet Explorer). My father had liked it so much that he made the reverse cross and planted a hedge at Lamellen. He visited the area again in 1948-49. R. griffithianum cross. Their help to him is recalled in the naming of and When the couple inherited the estate, the interiors were laden with furniture, silver and art, some of which was hidden away. Rhododendron ramosissimum In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles ft., is in very good condition. ) and 'Ambkeys' ( Sir Edmund Loder resided at Leonardslee for just over 30 years and his work in the field of horticulture was so significant that his exploits are studied in horticultural curriculums. The Weekly Wrap: Coming Of Age . , as well as Williams named many of his hybrids after birds and butterflies: 'Blue Tit', 'Yellow Hammer', 'Red Admiral' and so on. From Chungking on the Yangtse river, he travelled to Chengtu, the capital of Szechuan, and then to Mupin on the Tibetan border. stocks. Click the Generate Report button to see the full stats for all races or use the form to filter for specific conditions. Shortly before the Second World War, Lieutenant Colonel (later Major General) Eric Harrison bought Tremeer in north Cornwall and started to plant rhododendrons, mainly obtained from over the hill at Lamellen. Walter Magor At Penjerrick, Robert Were Fox's gardener, Samuel Smith, also produced a number of good hybrids, including 'Penjerrick' ( The "Hardy Hybrids" The allied Alpenrose, Sir Edmund Giles Loder, 2nd Baronet (7 August 1849 14 April 1920) was an English aristocrat, landowner and plantsman. This inspired his elder brother, the Earl of Carnarvon, to institute extensive experiments at Highclere Castle in Berkshire under the supervision of J.R. Cowen, who later became Secretary of the Royal Horticultural Society. The Hon. . In 1961 he married Roza, widow of J.B. Stevenson of Tower Court, whose species collection was bought for the nation and is in Windsor Great Park. (Sir Edmund Loder) Crossed 1901 AM 1968. One of the oldest and largest colonies is at Leonardslee Gardens in Horsham, West Sussex, where wallabies from Tasmania were introduced by naturalist Sir Edmund Loder in 1889. , was introduced from China in 1823. Magnolia campbellii Kingdon Ward's Explorations (now known as Early British Hybrids Most of these, unfortunately, were grafted on Johnstone at Trewithen and Colonel (later Sir) Edward Bolithe at Trengwainton also started planting and hybridising rhododendrons. R. arboreum 'Grumpy', 'Happy', 'Sleepy' and 'Sneezy' have been awarded the F.C.C. Plant Hunting in China Tudy', both of which have since been awarded the F.C.C. He grew them on in a cold greenhouse and one proved to be of remarkable beauty. x blood-red I bought this at auction years ago and didnt realise it was imperial. In 1920 Sir Edmund Loder created one called Loderi Pretty . Oversized volume, 13 x 17 in. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); 2021 Irish Life & Lore. 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