Davidsonia

Cronk, Q. 2004. L-A Dode on Poplar: A Commentary on the "Extraits d'une Monographie Inédite du Genre Populus". Davidsonia. 15(3):87-97

Louis-Albert Dode (1875-1945) was a noted dendrologist and founder of the Société Dendrologique de France. Born at Moulins in the Departement of Allier in the Auvergne, he became a Doctor of Law and developed an extensive personal arboretum. He published notable works on Catalpa, Davidia, Evodia, Fagaceae, Juglandaceae, Platanus, Pseudotsuga sinensis (which he described in 1912), Phellodendron, Populus and Salix, and was particularly active in describing and assessing the material that had been newly introduced into French arboreta from China.