I was considered “the” world specialist, excuse the little, begonia, a tropical plant. François Félix Crousse (but his customary name is Félix), by his name, was a horticulturalist by trade.
This Nancy born in 1840, created several hundred varieties, in his greenhouses located on the site of the current rue… des Bégonias. Hence its name… You locate this pretty artery, wedged between rue Poincaré and avenue Foch? In 1893, Félix Crousse asked for it to be opened through his property.
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Less than ten years later, some fifty families will be settled there. The buildings and houses, in the Art Nouveau style, owe their plans to the greatest architects of the time: Déon, Bourgon, Gutton and Hornecker.
Félix Crousse founded the Central Horticultural Society of Nancy with Victor Lemoine, Émile Gallé and Léon Simon. He participated in numerous exhibitions and competitions, in France and outside France, won numerous prizes.
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He became known more particularly during the Universal Exhibition of 1878 in Paris where he obtained the gold medal for peonies. In that of 1889, he won the silver medal for begonias. He died on August 25, 1925 and is buried in Préville cemetery.
Since 2001, an alley in Sainte-Marie Park in Nancy has also been named after him.
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