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LEIDEN 
Hortus Boranicus AcaDEMIcus LuGpUNO-BATAVUS 
Hortus Botanicus Nonnensteeg 3 
Established: April 13, 1587. Area: 2 hectares. 
Directors: 
1. G. de Bondt (Bontius) (1587-1593) 
Carolus Clusius [Charles de I’Ecluse (l’Escluse)| (1593- 
1609 
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Peter Paaw (1609-1617) 
Eberhard Vorstius (Van Voorst) (1617-1624) 
Adolphus Vorstius (Van Voorst) (1624-1663) 
Florentius (Florentinus) Schuyl (1663-1670) 
Arnold Syen (1670-1678 
Paul Hermann (1679-1695) 
. Petrus Hotton (1695-1709) 
. Hermann Boerhaave (1709-1731) 
Adrian Van Royen (1731-1754) 
David Van Royen (1754-1786) 
Sebald Justin Brugmans (1786-1819) 
14. Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt (1819-1845) 
15, Willem Hendrik de Vriese (1845-1862) 
16. Willem Frederik Reinier Suringar (1862-1893) 
17. Jacobus Marinus Janse (1899-1930) 
18. Lourens Gerhard Marinus Baas Becking (1930-) 
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Open free, daily, April 1 to October 1, from 9-6; October 1 to 
March 31, from 9-4. Sundays in summer, 10-4. October 1 to 
March Si not open on Sundays. Sources of income: Endow- 
ment ; annual appropriations be national government. ] 
In the botanical laborat tory. Plantations: Systematic (following 
Eichler), ecologic, pharmaceutic. Arboretum. New plant-houses 
in course o Total number of species + 9000. 
Publications: Seed List; Communications of the Leiden ee ea 
Garden. Affiliation: The State University, Leiden. Note: Al- 
phonse Lavallée states that “the first greenhouse ”’ was established 
at Leiden in 1599, “ for the protection of some plants introduced 
from the Cape of Good Hope, Geraniums, Mesembryanthemums, 
etc. It contained, according to Boerhave, nearly 6000 plants.” 
Sir William Brereton (Travels in Ho land, London, 1844) 
states that this Garden is one of only two things “ memorable” 
out the University of Leiden. He describes how Adolphe Van 
Voorst gave his lectures in this Garden “ very fluently ” in Latin. 
