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ill soils and siliialions llial ai’(‘ I'avorabh' to ils lu'allhy 
(l('V(‘I()l)IO(Mll. 
In (li'aling wilh ruiigous and oIIhm’ dis('as(‘s of jilanls 
lliis is a |)lias(‘ of llio siibji'cl lhal should r(H*(*ivo inoro 
considiM’alion than it ji'i'Is. l^^viMy [)lanl has ils own 
s|)(‘(‘ial r('(|nir(Mn(Mds of soil, climatic* conditions and l('ni- 
|)(‘ralun* most favoralih* to ils dcv(*loi)m('nl, hut when it 
is "row n under imcongc'nial conditions it can hardly he 
expected to he resistant to fungous disease and ins(‘(*l 
p(*sls. 
PHILIPPI*: I)E VILMOIHN 
It is w ith very great sorrow that w e have* to record the 
imexpeeti'd death of the head of the world renowned 
French seed Jiouse of Vilmorin-Andrieux and Co. of 
Paris, which occurred on June 30. 
A ealile announeing the dc'ath of Philijipe de Yilmorin 
was received hy the Ameriean rejiri'sentatives of the finu 
in New' York on Tuesday. July third. The Exchange 
had no further jiartieulars as to the cause of his death. 
Mr. de Yilmorin had takc'ii a most active jiart in military 
ojierations since the oulhreak of the war in July. 191 i, 
lirst as an organizer and iiiterjireter on hehalf of the 
French army in England, and afterwai'ds in an organiz¬ 
ing capacity in his own country. We helieve he took 
no active jiart in trench warfare, hut had received high 
honors from the French Ciovernmeut. 
Mr. de Yilmorin inlu'rited the graces and linguistic 
skill of his father, Ileiul de Yilmorin, who also died at 
ahout the same age as his son, the subject of |)res('nt 
notice, who cannot have been more than 47 or 48 years 
of age. Tall, dark, handsome, of the best Freneh type, 
Philippe de Yilmorin wavs a brilliant gentleman, schol¬ 
arly, artistic and notable conversationalist and very hu- 
moi’ous. He w as known at all the larger Eurojvean hor¬ 
ticultural exhibitions, and was a central figure in the 
horticulture and floriculture of the Continent. He 
maintained the rejuitation of his linn of whieh he has 
been head for 18 years since his father’s death in 1899, 
at the v(U’y highest, and his loss will lie very keenly h'lt 
hy the house of which he was president. 
Tin* d(‘ceased visited America in 1893 with his father, 
who read a paper before the horticultural congress ol 
the World’s Fair at Chicago. 
He l(‘aves a widow and s(*v('ral ehildrim to whom tin* 
sympathy of tin* whoh* Am(*rican horticultural trades 
w ill he extended. 
Philippe le Yeijue de Yilmorin, one of the most con- 
sjiicuous figures in European geiu'tics, di(‘d on Jum* 30 
at the age of forty-fiv(\ according to a cablegram re- 
ceiv(‘d hy Presidi'iit David Fairchild of tin* Ameri(*an 
(h'lK'tic Association. A r(‘S(*rve olliciu' in the Fn'iich 
.\rmy. In* had been attaelu'd to the Anglo-Indian Army in 
I*'ranee as an inli'i|)ret(‘r. hut no |)articulars ol his death 
are given. 
Although identified with jilant-hreedin 
(T 
M. de Vil- 
morin also earrii'd on dog-hr(*(‘diug (*x|)<‘rim(‘nls for many 
yi'ars. His elosi'sl seii'iililic aflilialioiis wc'i'e wilh Wil¬ 
liam Hat(*son of England, whom In* r(‘garded as his men¬ 
tor, and J. P. Lolsy. Hu* Dutch botanist. lb* was sec- 
r(‘lary of llu* last lnl(‘rnatioual Coiileri'iici* on (h'lu'lics, 
and a lifi* memlx'r of llu* Ameri(*au (leiu'lii* .\sso(*ialion. 
Ih* had made* nuuu'rous trips to .Vmcrica. had many 
frii'iids lu'i'f', and |mhlished a report for llu* Fr('n(*h Cov- 
(‘rnuK'id on agriculluri* at llu* St. Louis i:x|)osilion. His 
published work is eonsidi'iahh* in size and Nairn*, hut his 
The Late Philijijie de VUmoriii 
Bif Courtesy of the “Florists Exctuniye’ 
greatest contribution to genetics was, iierhajis, his p(*r- 
sonal influence, which can only lu* understood hy tlu* 
help of a know ledge of his family history. 
As early as 1727 there was in Paris a seed stori* “.In 
coyue de la l)omie foy,” kept hy Pierre (leolTroy, w hose 
daughter and heiri'ss married Piern* d’Aiulrii'ux, a botan¬ 
ist. Their daughter in turn marrii'd, in 1774, Philiiipe- 
Yictoir(*-L('ve(|U(' de ^’ilmorin, a young holanisi hi'long- 
ing to a Lorraine family whieh was idi'iitifii'd with war 
and agriculture. Thus was founded the business still 
known as Yilmorin-Andrieux and Company, oiu* of the 
most celebrated seed-grow ing and seed-si'lling (‘slahlish- 
ments in tlu; w'oi’ld. 
THEE CULTUHE IN UHUCFAY 
Tlu* Uruguayan ('iov(*runu*nl s(*(*ks to ('iicouragi* Iroi* 
])lanling, and the National Nurs(*ry at Toh*do has suppli(*d 
tr(*es at a very low cost. In compliaiu*(* with a r(*c(*nt 
decree*, the nursery will in the future* elouale* large* num- 
he*rs e)f tre*e*s. The* de*ere*e j)rovide*s that pre)prie*tors |)os- 
sessing up to 199 hectare*s (2i7 ae*re*s) eif lanel will he* 
supplie*el gratuitously with 199 lre*e's ami lhal the* nur¬ 
sery can elisirihule* 299.999 lre*e*s e*ve*ry y(*ar in this way. 
The* nursery will alsei elemale* in 191/ 199.999 and in tlu* 
following years 299.999 lre*e*s to rural municipalitie*s. 
selmeils, ])olie*e* farms, ami other institutions. Daily 
Coanuerce He ports. 
