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Vilmorin, Mr & Mrs Philippe L. de

 

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)

 

Mrs. de Vilmorin: Died: c. 1937.

 

career:

Of the nurseries Vilmorin & Co.; he was vice-president of the French ‘Societé Nationale d’Horticulture etc.’ In 1912 they made a voyage to Burma,1 and subsequently in 1913 a trip through Java, paying a short visit to the Buitenzorg Botanic Gardens.

 

Collecting localities:

1913. W. Java: Tjibodas on the slope of G. Gede(h) (Jan. 5); Kahoeripan (= Koeripan) near Buitenzorg (13); E. Java: Nongkodjadjar (G. Tengger) (17).

 

collections:

Herb. Bonaparte (=Paris [P]):2 some ferns.

 

literature:

(1) Ph.L. de Vilmorin: ‘Rangoon et la Birmanie’ (Rev. Hortic. Paris 85, 1913, p. 171-175, 197-199).

(2) cf. Bonaparte, Notes ptéridol., fasc. 13, 1921, p. 214, 216.