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GRIGNON (SEINE-ET-OISE) 
JARDIN BOTANIQUE DE L’ECOLE NATIONALE D’AGRICULTURE DE 
GRIGNON 
Established: 1873. Area: 2 hectares. 
Directors: 
1. Emile Victor Mussat (1873-1902) 
2. Edouard Griffon (1902-1912) 
3. Fernand Pierre Guéguen (1912-1915) 
4. Vital Ducomet (1915-1931) et G. Viennot Bourgin (1926- 
SI) 
5. A. L. Guyot (1932- +) et G. Viennot Bourgin (1932- _) 
Open to visitors daily, 8-11 am. and 1-6 pm. Source of in- 
come: ees BebscpiatiGas through the Minister of Agri- 
culture. Library: 15,000 volumes. 20 current periodicals re- 
ceived. H Eine 30, 000 ucotier, Arboretum and Frutt- 
cetum: Both together comprise 2200 species. Plantations: Sys- 
tematic. Species under glass: “ Several thousand.” Publication: 
Annales de Grignon. 
LA ROCHELLE (CHARENTE-INFERIEURE) 
JARDIN BoTANIQUE DEPARTEMENTAL DE LA CHARENTE- 
INFERIEURE (Discontinued ) 
Established: 1871. Area: one-half hectare. 
Directors: 1, Edouard Beltzemieux (1871-1894) ; 2. J. Foucaud 
(1894-1906). 
Served as a public park; open free, daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. 
Note: The president of the Society of Natural Sciences of the 
Charente Inférieure reports that the Botanic Garden of La Ro- 
chelle was discontinued after the death of the last director in 
1906, and transformed to an ordinary public garden belonging to 
the city and maintained by it. 
LAUTARET (HAUTES-ALPES) 
JARDIN ALPIN 
L’Université de Grenoble 
Discontinued: See Grenoble (Isére) (2) 
Established: 1896. Area: 3000 sq. meters. Altitude: 2075 
meters. Director (and Founder): Paul Lachmann (1899- 
1908) ; Marcel Mirande (1908-?). See bottom of page 199. 
