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FREIBURG 
BoTANISCHER GARTEN UND BoTANISCHES INSTITUT DER GROSS- 
HERZOGLICHEN BADISCHEN ALBERT-LuDWIGS UNIVERSITAT 
Schanzlestrasse 9/11 
Established: About 1605 (?). Area: About one hectare. 
Directors: 
1. J. L. Baader (1767) (regarded as the real foundér) 
2. Karl Julius Perleb (1826-1845) 
3. Heinrich Anton de Bary (1860-1867) 
4. Friedrich Oltmanns (1907 ?-1931) 
5. Friedrich Oehlkers (1932- ) 
Note: The Institute and present Garden were started in 1913. 
The Institute buildings were completed in 1913, and the plant 
houses during 1914. 
Library: A small library assembled by Perlot, the second Di- 
rector. Herbarium: About 4000 species, among them some Abys- 
sinian plants collected by ‘Schimper, pele from Australia, and 
from the Cape. Arboretum: One t 150 years old; a later 
one with trees planted in ae ‘froma gen Paulownia tomentosa. 
There is also a Fruticetum. Plantations: sheets (according 
to the system of Endlicher) ; economic, medici Museum: A 
collection of fruits, oes: drugs, ele: used to aaa lectures. 
Publication: Seed Lis 
GEKA 
BoTANISCHER GARTEN ZU GERA-REUuSS 
Botanischer Garten, Gera, Reuss-Schleiz (Thtiringen) 
Established: 1896. 
Directors: Robert Leube (1895-1909) ; G. Hahn (1909-?). 
Serves as a public park. Open daily, on week days. Sources 
of income: Endowment; annual appropriations by city. er- 
barium: In the botanical museum. Plantations: Local flora of 
Gera and vicinity. Museum: May be visited with the permission 
of the director. 
GIESSEN 
BOTANISCHER GARTEN DER UNIVERSITAT GIESSEN 
Established: 1609. Area: 4 hectares. 
Director: Ernst Kuster (1938). 
erves as a oe en Open daily, 8 to 12 a.m. and 2 to 5 
japan ver asundye O46. 12-4 
