Elisa Bailly de Vilmorin (3 May 1826 – 5 August 1868) was a French

horticulturist Horticulture (from ) is the art and science of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, trees, shrubs and ornamental plants. Horticulture is commonly associated with the more professional and technical aspects of plant cultivation on a smaller and mo ...

and plant breeder. She was married to

Louis de Vilmorin Pierre Louis François Lévêque de Vilmorin (1816–March 22, 1860), usually referred to as Louis de Vilmorin, the grandson of Philippe André de Vilmorin, and a member of the family firm of Vilmorin-Andrieux, devoted his life to biology and che ...

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1868 deaths French horticulturists 1826 births Women horticulturists and gardeners {{France-academic-bio-stub