. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. Mrs. Elisa de Vilmorin. Died Charles Philippe Henr> de Vilmorin. 1813-1899. Henry Vilmorin was also a contribu- tor to a large number of agricultural and horticultural journals in France ancf other countries, and the bulletins of the National Society of Agriculture of France, of the Society of Botany, etc., contain many communications from him on cross-breeding, selection and cultiva- tion of plants, etc. The problems at- tached to heredity in vegetables tempted him a good deal. He always took th
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. Mrs. Elisa de Vilmorin. Died Charles Philippe Henr> de Vilmorin. 1813-1899. Henry Vilmorin was also a contribu- tor to a large number of agricultural and horticultural journals in France ancf other countries, and the bulletins of the National Society of Agriculture of France, of the Society of Botany, etc., contain many communications from him on cross-breeding, selection and cultiva- tion of plants, etc. The problems at- tached to heredity in vegetables tempted him a good deal. He always took the leading part in the trials and experi- ments at the seed farms, followed the scientific studies to which his forefath- ffrs had devoted their tirhe, and by con- tinuing their genealogical method of se- lection, hybridization and crossing creat- ed several new wheats, yielding larger crops, richer in food qualities, more re- sistant to diseases than the standard va- rieties and are highly praised by grow- ers and millers. Artificial fecundation had become quite a science in his hands and his endeavors in hybridizing many flowers such as salpiglossis, poppies, etc., with an aim at perfection of form and variation of color proved very successful. Speaking half a dozen languages, he frequently visited the va- rious countries of Europe, as also North America, Algeria, Tunis, Egypt, etc., and was a member of the jury of a delegate of the French government or agriculture at all the great national or international expositions, taking a con- spicuous part in their congresses or meetings. His two visits to the United States and his paper on "The Pedigree or Grade Races in Horticulture," read before the seedsmen's session of the World's Fair Horticultural Congress in Chicago, 1893, will be remembered by many of your readers. Like the for- mer heads of the family, Henry Vil- morin was a member of the National Society of Agriculture of France, vice- president of the National Soc
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