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Cuba 
HAVANA (1) 
Ex JArDiN BorAnico DEL INSTITUTO DE SEGUNDA ENSENANZA DE 
LA HABANA 
Calzada de Carlos III 
Established: 1901. Area: 4 hectares. 
Director: Filipe Garcia Cafiizares (1905- ; 
Open free on all “ work days,” 6-10 a.m., 2-5 p.m. 
Note: Cafiizares (El Jardin Botanico del Instituto de Segunda 
Ensefianza de la Habana. Habana, 1918, p. 11) states that the 
history of the Botanic Garden of the Institute is, in its beginning, 
intimately associated with that of the Jardin Botanico de la Uni- 
versidad Nacional. The two represent the continuation of the 
garden that, under the auspices of the Patriotic Society of Friends 
of the Country was inaugurated May 30, 1817 on the site of the 
station of the Villanueva Railway, and which later, “by action of 
the Cuban Congress,” was successively the site of the Presidential 
Cy and of the Capitol of Cuba. 
HAVANA (2) 
JArDiN BoTANICO DE LA UNIVERSIDAD 
Established: May 30, 1817. 
Directors: 
1. José Antonio de la Ossa (1817-1827) 
2. Ramon de la Sagra (1827-1831) 
3. Temporarily discontinued (1831- 
4. Pedro Alejandro Auber (acting) (1831-1843) 
Note: The period 1864-1897 (called the “ Second Epoch” oi 
the Garden by its historian, Felipe Garcia Cafiizares) was char- 
acterized by scientific and administrative disorganization. The 
period, 1897-1914, is called the “ Third Epoch.” During the 
academic year 1904-1905 a fence was erected separating the 
Jardin del Instituto de Segunda Ensefianza from the Jardin de 
la Universidad. 
