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edict of 1635 confirmed the purchase of the site (Le clos Coypeau) 
and the appointments of Bouvard (successor to Héroard (He- 
rouard) d. 1628) and Guy de la Brosse. Opened to the public in 
1640, it was generally called “ Jardin du Roy,” but over the en- 
trance at 38, rue Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire was inscribed, “ Jardin 
Royal des Herbes Médicinales.” The tercentenary of the edict of 
1635 was celebrated by the Muséum in 1935. (Archives du Mus. 
Nat. d’ Hist. Nat. Volume du Tricentenaire. Sixiéme Série. Tome 
Douziéme. Paris. 1935.) The “ Jardin du Roy,” as such, ter- 
minated with the administration of Bernardin de Saint-Pierre 
(1793). “The National Museum of Natural History, known 
under the popular name of Jardin des Plantes, is an Institution of 
Higher Education comprising nineteen chairs for instruction in 
the natural sciences.” 
Note 2: During the Consulate (1799-1804) André Thouin or- 
ganized the scientific and educational work of this Garden to in- 
clude the collecting of plants of economic interest, propagating 
them, and distributing them to the botanic gardens of all the De- 
partments of France. There was then a botanic garden in the 
capital city of each Department. So far as the supply lasted, 
plants and seeds were sent next to gardens in French colonies, 
and then to foreign countries. The gardens were enlarged and 
improved in 1840. 
Administration (1626-1793): The following two paragraphs are 
the data supplied by the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle 
in their questionnaire returned July, 1938: 
Superintendants du Jardin du Roy: 1. Jean Herouard (1626- 
1627); Charles Bouvard (1627-1646); 3. Francois Vautier 
(1646-1652) ; 4. Antoine Vallot (1652-1671) ; “ Employ sup- 
primé” (1671-1699) ; 5. Guy-Crescent Fagon (1699-1718) ; 6. 
Poirier (1718). 
Intendants du Jardin du Roy: 1. Guy de la Brosse (1626- 
1641); 2. Mich. Bouvard de Fourcreux (1641-1646); 3. W. 
Dawisson (1646-1651); “Employ supprimé” (1651-1672) ; 
4, Pierre D’Aquin (1672-1673) ; 5. Guy-Crescent Fagon (1673- 
1718) ; 6. Pierre Chirac (1718-1732) ; 7. De Cisternay du Fay 
(1732-1739) ; 8. Georges-Louis de Buffon (1739-1788) ; 9. Fla- 
