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MONTPELLIER (HERAULT) 
JARDIN DES PLANTES DE L’UNIVERSITE DE MONTPELLIER 
Boulevard Henry IV 
Established: 1593. Area: 5 hectares. 
Director: Prof. Galavielle (1928), Faculté de Médecine. 
Open daily, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Source of income: Governmental 
appropriations. Library: Numerous works and_ publications. 
Herbaria: “18 different herbaria.” Plantations: Systematic, ac- 
cording to de Candolle. Museum: Open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m 
Admission by permit from the Director. Affiliation: With the 
University of Montpellier and is attached to the Chair of Botany 
of the Faculty of Medicine. 
NANCY (MEURTHE-ET-MOSELLE) 
JarDIN BoTANIQUE DE LA VILLE DE NANCY 
30 bis Rue Ste. Catherine 
Established: 1758. Area: 1% hectares. 
Directors: 
1. Dominique Alexandre 3. Edmond Gain (1913-1937) 
Godron (1854-1872) 4. R. Cerighelli (1938- ) 
2. Georges Le Monnier (1872-1912) 
Serves as a public park, Open daily, except mornings on Sun- 
days and holidays. Source of income: Municipal appropriations. 
Herbarium: 800 cartons at the Institut Botanique. Plantations: 
Systematic (2500 species). Morphologic and ecologic sections 
are being organized. Publication: Catalogue annuel des semences 
récoltées. Lectures to school children are given at the Gardens. 
Study material is loaned to schools. Affiliation: Institut Botanique 
de la Faculté des Sciences de Nancy. 
NANTES (LOIRE INFERIEURE) (1) 
LE JARDIN DES APOTHICAIRES 
Established: 1687-1688. In the archives of the City of Nantes 
there is a “Mémoire pour le Jardin Royal et Botanique de 
ices créé de 1687-1688 (Archives Municipales de Nantes, 
supt.-D.D. 339.) 
Promenades Publiques: Jardin des Apothecaires. This was 
the ancestor of the present Garden. The letters patent were 
signed by Louis XIV, February, 1688. This Garden existed 
