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Obituary 



Philippe de Vilmorin. 

 News readied ns too late to appear 

 in last week's issue announcing the 

 death on .lune 30. of Mr. Philippe de 

 Vilmorin. the head of the old estah- 

 lished firm of Vilmorin-Andrieux & 

 Co.. Paris, the largest seed-house in 

 Europe, if not in the world. This will 

 be a great shock to his many friends 

 on this side of the Atlantic by whom 

 he was held in the highest esteem. 

 He first visited this country with his 

 father, the late Mr. Henri de Vil- 

 morin. the year of the World's Fair 

 at Chicago and has made several visits 

 since, accompanied hy his charming 

 wife — the last four years ago, when 

 he made a tour of the world travel- 

 ling east. He was deeply interested 

 in everything pertaining to Agricul- 

 ture and Horticulture and was a 

 strong believer in Mendel's theories. 

 He conducted many experiments along 

 those lines both on plants and animals 

 and was fond of explaining these to 

 his friends who visited him at his 

 farm at Verriers about 20 miles from 

 Paris. He was a man of fine physique 

 and apparently roliust health. He 

 was fond of his family and was greatly 



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respected by his staff and by all with 

 whom he came in contact. 



The cause of his death is not given 

 but doubtless he was serving his coun- 

 try in some capacity at the time of 

 his demise. 



L. A. Goodman. 



L. A. Goodman, iiloneer fruit grower, 

 and highly esteemed among the horti- 

 cultural people of the west, died sud- 

 denly on Tuesday, ,Iune 26, at Good- 

 man, Mo. 



.Mr. Goodman was the leading horti- 

 culturist of Missouri and a resident of 

 Westport for .")" years. He had been 

 at Goodman the past two weeks look- 

 ing after his large orchard interests in 

 that vicinity. Death was due to acute 

 indigestion, superinduced by eating a 

 hearty dinner at the town hotel after 

 a hard day's work in the sun. He was 

 found dead the following morning, sit- 

 tin.g at his bedroom window. 



Mr. Goodman was born and educat- 

 ed in Michigan. He was graduated 

 from Ann Arbor as a civil engineer in 

 18(57, settling in Westport as a farmer 

 the same year. The present home is 

 the center of his original farm. He 

 served for 10 years as president of 

 the American Pomological Society and 

 for 25 years president of the Missouri 

 Valley Horticultural Society. He was 

 president of the Westport school board 

 for years. He is survived by his 

 widow and three daughters. -Mrs. Da- 

 vid I>. Croysdale, Mrs. Paul A. Sim- 

 mons and Miss Marie Goodman. 



George W. Hillman. 

 George W. Hillman, secretary and 

 treasurer of the New York Cut Flower 

 Company, aged 54 years, died suddenly 

 of heart disease at his home, in Flush- 

 ing. L. I., on .luly 6. He was born in 

 New York, but for the last twenty-six 

 years had lived in Flushing. He leaves 

 iiis wife, four daughters and three 

 sons. The funeral was held at tlic 

 First Baptist Church on .Monday. July 

 9. Mr. Hillman had been worrying 

 over the fact that his son Guion on 

 joining the Seventh regiment had been 

 asked by the cashier of the Queens 

 County Savings Hank to resign his 

 position with the bank. The District 

 Attorney of Queens is now investigat- 

 ing the matter 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 

 Ant. C. Zvolanek, Lompoc. California 

 -Florists' List of Winter-Orehid-Flow- 



cring and Other Sweet Pea Seed, 

 1917-18. 



H. F. Mlchell Company, Philadelphia. 

 — Wholesale Catalogue for July and 

 August, 1917. Seeds, Rulbs, Plants 

 and Greenhouse Supplies. A brilliant 

 group of pansies in colors illumines 

 the cover page. 



A. T. Boddington Company, Inc., 

 New York. — Midsummer Garden Guide 

 for 1917. An attractive illustrated 

 catalogue, listing Strawberry Plants. 

 Hulbs for Fall Planting, Seasonable 

 Seeds and Sundries. 



W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia. 

 — "Burpee's Offering." The "offering" 

 includes evei^'thing seasonable in 

 flower and vegetable seed and bulb 

 line. There are several colored plates 

 of Rurpf'O specialties. 



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Manhasset. L. I.. N. Y.— Henry Lust- 

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Wheaton. III.— Mrs. J. H. Packer, R. 

 R. No. 3. one house. 



Grand Rapids, Mich. — D. Mendel. 

 Wealthy street, additions. 



New Bedford, Mass.— Cooler, the 

 Florist, Highland street, range of 

 houses. 



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