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Anton Fuchs (1849-1850) Johan Peyritsch (1878-1889) 
Anton Kerner Emil Heinricher (1889-1928) 
von Marilaun (1860-1878) Adolf Sperlich (1928- ) 
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Note: Between Friese and Kerner there were five “acting di- 
rectors” (Vertreter), fide E. Heinricher (Geschichte des Bot. 
Gart. der Univ. Innsbruck. Jena, 1934, p. 6 
Serves as a public park, open free daily. Source of income: 
Appropriations from the State. Annual budget: 1. The employees 
of the Garden and Institute are State employees. Building im- 
provements and alterations are made by the University building 
administration. Since the economic crisis 0 governmental 
appropriations have ea entirely abolished and the Garden is now 
supported by the income derived as admission fees and fees o 
students. Library: There is no separate library apart from that 
of the Botanisches Tae tat, which is in charge of the Director of 
the Garden. Plantations: (A) Trees, shrubs and herbaceous 
plants are in systematic arrangement. In the Monocotyl section 
the arrangement is geographic and ecologic (plant societies). 
richer. (C) Aquatic plants. (D) Alpine plants, in two groups 
Ips proper; other mountains. (£) Plants of the Caucasus. 
(F) Plants of Northeastern America. (G) Poisonous plants. 
(7) Scientific experimental garden (not open to the public). 
Publication: Samen Tauschkatalog. Museum: A part of the 
Botanical Institute. Loan collections: Herbarium is open to all 
scientific workers and loans to local schools such material as is 
available. Study material: A section of the Garden has been de- 
voted to genetical and physiological experiments. The Garden is 
devoted primarily to the botanical instruction in the University. 
Note: In 1793 Matheus Schépfer maintained a house and garden 
of 343 square fathoms (“ Quadratklafter”). This was the oldest 
“botanic garden” in Innsbruck. At the Hétting site Heinricher 
installed an ecological grouping, which was later imitated at 
Munich, Berlin, and elsewhere. There were 12 groups, as fol- 
lows: (1) Compass plants, and others whose leaves were alike on 
the upper and under sides; (2) “ Night-sleeping plants”; (3) 
Parasites; (4) Dissemination of fruits and seeds; (5) Insec- 
tivorous plants; (6) Bog-plants; (7) Climbing plants; (8) Hy- 
brids; (9) Abnormalities (Teratology) ; (10) Cultivated varie- 
