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num pro commutatione (Biennial) ; Lavori Eseguiti dal Personale 
Scientifico (Biennial). Cronistoria dell’ Orto Botanico della R. 
Universita di Torino, 1792-1929; By Oreste Mattirolo. Museum: 
Comprises : General Herbarium; ‘Herbarium Pedemontanum: Seed 
Collection (about 4000 tubes containing specimens) ; A collection 
of Woodcuts; Models of flowers which can be dismembered for 
teaching purposes ; Dried specimens of medicinal plants. Museum 
open by permission of the Director. Affiliations: The garden is 
part of the Royal Botanic Institute of the University of Turin. 
URBINO 
Orto BoTANICO DELL’UNIVERSITA 
Via Bramante 28 
Established: 1809. 
Directors: 
Andrea Marcantini (1828-1832) 
Pietro Camici (da Pistoia) (1832-1860) 
Antonio Federici (1860-1884) 
Dante Badanelli (interim) (1885) 
Giovanni Alberto Mammini (1886-1895) 
Angelo Agrestini (1895-1912) 
Guido Pesci (interim) (1913-1916) 
Giacomo Damiani (interim) (1917-1919) 
Maria Sambo Cengia (interim) (1920-1923) 
10. Cesare Sibilia (interim) (1923 
11. Giuseppe Speranzini (interim) (1924-1925) 
12. Egidio Barsali (1926- 
Note: The Garden was first planted in 1809, as an annex to the 
Lyceum, by Giovanni de Brignoli de Brunhoff, then professor of 
botany and agriculture, near the convent of St. Francesco. It be- 
came affiliated with the University in 1815, especially with the chair 
of botany of the school of Pharmacy. (Saccardo.) 
Source of income: The University. Library: Included in_the 
Unive oe Library. Herbarium: About 5000 specimens. Pub- 
lication: Catalogo dei Semi. 
VENICE 
A Medicinal Plant Garden, dating from 1533, is said to have 
been established by Gualtieri on a site given by the Venetian state. 
VALLOMBROSA 
See Florence (Firenze) (2), page 272 
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