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VENTIMIGLIA 
Hansury BoTraNnic GARDEN 
La Mortola, Ventimiglia 
Established: 1867. Area: 120 acres. 
Directors (Curators) : 
1. Gustav Cronemeyer (In office, 1889) 
2. Curt Dinter (In office, 1897) 
3. Alwin Berger (1914) 
4. Joseph Benbow (1914-1923) 
5. S. W. McLeod Braggins (1923-1935) 
6. Mario Ercoli (1935- ) 
Open on Monday and Friday afternoons. Admission fee, 9 
Lire. Library: Reference only. 4000 volumes. Current period- 
icals regularly received, 20. H hate 10,000 specimens. 
Plantations: Consist entirely of sub-tropical plants, Bess, shrubs, 
and herbs, with a very few species under glass. ere i a large 
thaler in South Africa. Also pata creas from carpe 
countries, including Australia, New and, Mexico, and 
Publications: Alphabetical Catalogue, 1889, Edited by G. Cane 
meyer. Systematic Catalogue, 1889. Edited by G. Cronemeyer. 
Alphabetical Catalogue, 1897. Edited by C. Dinter. Florula 
Mortolensis, 1905. Edited by A. Berger. Hortus Mortolensis, 
LOU by Ay ‘Ber erger; La Mortola Garden, 1937, by Lady Hanbury. 
Seed List (yearly), since 1883. Museum: Not public. Admis- 
sion by letter from Gr. Uff. Cecil Hanbury, M.P. Comprises 
woods, seeds, fruits, herbarium specimens, and specimens preserved 
in alcohol. Living ‘material for study is supplied to students (but 
not to schools) occasionally when requested. 15,000 packages of 
seeds is a yearly output. Note: The money received for entrance 
fee is given to local charities, foremost among these being the 
Ventimiglia hospital. 
Jamaica (See British West Indies) 
Japan 
KASUKABECHO 
EXPERIMENTAL GARDEN OF MEDICINAL PLANTS 
Kasukabecho, Saitamaken 
Established: 1924. Area: 5.6 acres. 
Director: T. Kariyone (1924- ). 
