Wilhelm Lauche

Wilhelm Lauche , Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Lauche , (born May 21, 1827 in Gartow ; † September 12, 1883 ) was a German gardener , dendrologist and pomologist .

Horticultural career

Lauche was the son of a palace gardener belonging to the Graflich von Bernstorff administration in Gartow and was familiar with gardening at an early age. He received his horticultural training at Ludwigslust Palace Park and deepened it in various places such as Erfurt, Hanover, Belgium and Potsdam. Lauche headed the Augustin trade and plant nursery at the wildlife park station near Potsdam for five years until he founded his own commercial nursery in the same place in 1859.

Due to his good reputation, in 1869 he was appointed royal gardening inspector to the technical management of the royal tree nursery and gardening school at the wildlife park near Potsdam , which is closely linked to his name. 1877–1879 he was managing director of the German Pomologists Association .

For teaching purposes, he had natural model fruits made for a “Pomological Cabinet”, which can still be seen in the collection of the German Horticultural Museum in Erfurt . Lauche made illustrations of his books for the royal court garden director and head of the royal state tree nursery and royal gardening school at the wildlife park Ferdinand Jühlke .

Works

Illustration of Muscat Hamburgh from the manual of table grape culture

Cover sheet for German pomology

German pomology , Berlin 1879 to 1884, 6 volumes, 300 color plates
German dendrology , Berlin 1880
Handbook of fruit growing , Berlin 1881
Supplementary volume to Lucas and Oberdieck Illustrirtes Handbuch der Obstkunde , Parey, Berlin 1883
Rudolf Goethe & Wilhelm Lauche: Handbook of the table grape culture . Using the estate of W. Lauche. Berlin, Paul Parey, 1895

Honors

In his memory, a hybrid from the Affodilla family was named after him:

Gasteria × lauchei (Radl) A.Berger 1908 ( Aloe × lauchei Radl 1896 , Gastrolea lauchei (Radl) Uitewaal 1949 )

The plant genus Lauchea Klotzsch from the family of begoniaceae (Begoniaceae) is named after him.

Individual evidence

↑ Collection holdings 400 near-natural historical model fruits from "Pomological Cabinets"
^ German pomology in several episodes
↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]

literature

Peter Simon: Lauche, Wilhelm. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-428-00194-X , p. 697 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Wilhelm Lauche - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Literature by and about Wilhelm Lauche in the catalog of the German National Library

personal data
SURNAME	Leek, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German fruit grower
DATE OF BIRTH	May 21, 1827
PLACE OF BIRTH	Gartow
DATE OF DEATH	September 12, 1883

[1] Collection holdings 400 near-natural historical model fruits from "Pomological Cabinets"

[2] German pomology in several episodes

[Burkhardt2018-3] Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]