but was now fiilly laid under the university, and from this juncture 

 the directorship has been attached to a single person. Famous bota- 

 nists as E. Viborg, M. Vabl and J. W. Hornemann have had 

 their seat in the directory. Hornemann was the first solo-director^ 

 in 1841 he was tollowed by J. F r. Schouw who again in 1852 was. 

 succeeded by Liebmann. Atter his death in 1856 Joh. Lange be- 

 came the director of the garden. 



The garden was well sheltered in its situation in the old royal gar- 

 den, several plan Is were thriving well here and the garden was on 

 the whole of a certain snugness. But it had several defects. Chiefly it 

 was still too small and the desire to get it removed, was permanently 

 increasing. Furthermore the soil was partly too gravely and bad, and 

 partly excessive rich in mould; the houses that had been partly rebuilt 

 in 1843 were not spacious enough. In 1856 Curator Weilbach there- 

 fore very opportunely published a note in one of the principal news- 

 papers (Fædrelandet) about the necessity of a renaissance of the 

 garden on a new and more spacious site. But about 20 years should 

 elapse, before a new garden was fulfilled, and Weilbach should not 

 live to see his plan realized. 



THE FOURTH BOTANICAL GARDEN OF THE COPENHAGEN 



, UNIVERSITY 



(THE PRESENT GARDEN) 



Being fully aware of the bad circumstances for the garden Ihe 

 university in the year 1857 and after the desire of the government 

 took the initiative to form a committee that should make investiga- 

 tions how and where to form a new garden. This committee consisted 

 of Johan Lange the director of the garden, Jap. S teens trup, 

 and J. G. F o r c h h a m m e r, professors of the university. With diffe- 

 rent alterations and augmentations it worked until the garden in 1874 

 was fmished on its present seat and it had during these years several 

 difficulties to conquer. Very soon it was evident to the committee, that 

 the hest situation would be some part of the fortifications of Copen- 

 hagen, that were destined to be demolished within a few years. 



In 1871 this seat was finally accepted for the purpose, and the 

 same year 25000 Rigsdaler were granted to preliminary labours. The 

 committee that now consisted of professor Johan Lange, professor 

 A. S. Ørsted, the university-bursar Gjede, the brewer J. C. Jacob- 

 sen and the curator of the garden Tb. Friedrichsen, had already 

 in 1870 issued a statement: „Beretning om Universitetets paatænkte 

 nye Botaniske Have" mostly intended as an information for the mem- 

 bers of the parliament, and in which therefore was given a brief narra- 

 tive of the history of the garden and the special reasons why a new 

 garden was desirable. A plan (tig. 132) that followed this report showed 



