274 
3. Attilio Tassi (1850-1860) 
4. Cesare Bicchi (1860—?) 
Publications: Indices Seminum (1851; 1858) 
MESSINA 
Orto BoTaNnico 
Piazza XX Settembre 
Founded: About 1638-1640. Note: Pietro Castelli, the first di- 
rector, founded this Garden between 1638 and 1640. It was sup- 
pressed and in decay from 1657 to 1886. Antonio Barzi, ap- 
pointed professor of botany at Messina in 1879, reestablished the 
Garden beginning about 1884. 
Directors: 
1. Pietro Castelli (1638-1656) 
Garden abandoned (1657-1886) 
2. Antonio Borzi (1886-1892) 
3. Fausto Morini (1892-?) 
4. G. E. Mattei (?-?) 
5. Leopoldo Nicotra (1909) 
MILANO 
Orto BoTANIco DI BRERA 
Via Brera 18 
Established: 1781. 
Directors: 
1. Fulgenzio Vitman (1781-1800 circa) 
2. Pietro Pratesi (c. 1800-1806) 
3. Filippo Armano (1806-1817) 
4, Pietro Armano (custodian) (1818-1820?) 
5. Giuseppe Acerbi (1817-1826) 
6. Giuseppe Balsamo-Crivelli (1826-1852) 
7. (Various professors of the Lyceum Brera and of the R. 
Istituto Superiore Agrario) (1853-1870) 
8. Francesco Ardissone (1871—?) 
9. Ugo Brizi (1937) 
Note: Established by Vitman in affiliation with the Lyceum of 
Brera to aid in the teaching of officinal botany. In 1864 it became 
affiliated with the R. Istituto Superiore Agrario. 
