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hault de la Billarderie (1788-Jan. 1, 1792); 10. Bernardin de 
Saint-Pierre (July 1, 1792-1793). From 1793 to 1863 direct- 
ors were appointed for one year. Beginning with 1863, direct- 
ors were elected for five years, and were eligible for re-election. 
Directors: 
Michel Eugéne Chevreul (1863-1879) 
Edmond Frémy (1879-1891) 
Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1891-1900) 
Edmond Perrier (1900-1919 
. Louis Mangin (1920-1931) 
Paul Lemoine (1931-1936) 
Louis Germain (1936— ) 
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NED UR ON 
Serves as a public park. Open free daily, but admission i: 
charged to the menagerie, galleries, vivarium, museum of the 
d’Orléans, Musée Pompon and conservatories. Source of income: 
Governmental HeRanons (about one tenth) and above men- 
oned admis ees. Plantations: eye (Bentham and 
Hooker <CE Tee of Durand). About 11,000 species of her- 
baceous plants (Guide Book, 1922). a ee (Jardin de 
Jussieu) : Occupies the domain of Ché vreloup, near Versailles, 
acquired December 28, 1927; 40 hectares, 5000 species. Her- 
barium: 30,000 bundles, each containing 50 to 100 aes oe 
plus riche du monde”). Includes the collections of A.-L 
Jussieu, of his son Adrien, and of Auguste de Saint iiilaive 
Library: The botanical library is comprised in the ha library 
of the Museum, erie has 300,000 ales! 50,000 pamphlets, 
4000 current periodicals (botany and other sciences). Lanes: 
tories (phanerogams, cryptogams, and ‘“‘ Culture’) for research 
and instruction, each presided over by a sore and assistants. 
ee At (est. 1802); Bulletin (est. 1895); Mé- 
moires (est. 1935) ; Publications (est. 1933) ; and fifteen periodi- 
cals, ate: the following on botany or of botanical interest : 
1. Notulae Systematicae (pub by Phanerogamic Laboratory) ; 2. 
Index Seminum in Hortis Musaei Parisiensis collectorum (pub. 
by Le Laboratoire de Culture) ; 3. Recueil des Travaux du Labora- 
toire de Physique Végétale; 4. Revue de Botanique Appliquée et 
d’ Agriculture Coloniale; 5. Bulletin du Laboratoire d’Agronomie 
Coloniale; 6. Publications du Laboratoire d’Agronomie Coloniale ; 
7. Revue ’Algologique ; & Revue Bryologique et Lichenologique; 
9. Revue de Mycologie; 10. La Terre et la Vie (pub. by La 
Société des Amis du Muséum et la Société Nationale d’Acclimata- 
tion. See, also, Samoéns, p. 213). 
