203 
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. Jean-Joseph-Augustin-Ernest Faivre (Actual successor of 
Seringe as Director of the Jardin Botanique (March 27, 
1871-June 24, 1879). First Director at la Téte-d’Or. 
Louis Cusin, Assistant naturalist, was placed in temporary 
charge of various activities of the Garden, June 30, 1879- 
March 15, 1880. He continued as assistant naturalist 
from November 6, 1857 until October 1, 1884. 
Gustave Dutailly (March 15, 1880-April 5, 1880). He 
began the Arboretum, the Conservatories, and the labeling 
of the botanical collections of the City. 
11. Antoine Magnin (November 21, 1881—April 30, 1884) 
12. Léon Guignard (April 30, 1884-March 1, 1887) 
13. René Gérard (March 1, 1887-1926) 
14. Louis Faucheron (1926-1937) 
15. Robert Douin (1937- ) 
Open free, daily, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Source of income: An- 
seus appropriation by the city. Library: Reference. 4500 vol- 
umes. Herbarium: 1140 cartons of plants. Plantations: Syste- 
matic (after Bentham and Hook er); Arboretum, Fruticetum 
(about 1000 species), a small section of medical plants, and one of 
horticultural perennials and annuals. Under glass: 7000 square 
meters. Herbaceous plants out of doors: 4211 species. Publi- 
cation: Index Fructuum et Ran tinum. Museum: Rudimentary. 
The garden supplies art schools regularly with living material. 
A Bees The University, the Veterinary school, aie l’Ecole des 
rts. The director of the Garden is Professor of Botany 
in ie Warversity: Note: Le Jardin Botanique et Senne des Cul- 
tures de la Ville de Lyon i is situated in the Parc de la Tete d’Or, 
which contains also a zoological collection, a pharmaceutical gar- 
d a conservatory which has been described as “ the finest 
* containing “a unique collection” of 
orchids, palms, and cycads. 
so 
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JARDIN BoTANIQUE | 
Loudon * states that, at the time of Josephine (about 1813), this 
garden “was among the richest in Europe. Various botanical 
collectors were patronised. . . . The seeds brought home by the 
navigator Baudin were here first raised, and described by Ventenat 
* Encyclopaedia of Gardening. New Ed. London. 1865. p. 101. 
