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scribed, except to note that its plantations are arranged on the sys- 
tematic basis, nearly the entire area being given up to beds and 
walks, with no lawn. The garden, of about 58 acres, founded in 
1626, as the Jardin Royal or Jardin du Roi, is of great historical 
interest. The famous Lamarck held a botanical appointment here 
from 1788 until 1793 when the Convention of June reorganized it, 
changed the name to Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, and 
shortly thereafter established a zoological park. The famous sev- 
enteenth century botanist, J. P. de Tournefort (1656-1708) was 
professor in the Jardin du Roi under Louis XIV. It may be re- 
called that his /nstitutiones rei herbariae (1700), was the first book 
in which characters were assigned to genera, and was the standard 
authority until Linnaeus. Tournefort was succeeded in 1708 by 
Antoine de Jussieu. The herbarium contains the collections of the 
Jussieus—Antoine Laurent (nephew of Antoine) and his son Ad- 
rien, and of Auguste de St. Hillaire. The systematic section of 
the garden is arranged after the Jussieu system of classification. 
The Porte d’Austerlitz, the main entrance, opens to the Espla- 
nade Lamarck, on which there is a statue of Lamarck erected in 
1908 with funds provided by universal subscription. On the front 
of the pedestal is the inscription, du Fondateur de la Doctrine de 
Evolution, and under the bas relief the following: La postérité 
vous adnurera,; Elle vous vegnera, mon pere. 
Among plants of special interest in the Paris garden is a large 
Cedar of Lebanon, with a label stating that it is one of the two 
first trees brought from England by Bernard de Jussieu (brother 
of Antoine and uncle of Antoine Laurent) in 1734, and therefore 
now nearly 200 years old. These trees are said to have been given 
to Jussieu by the English botanist, Collinson. 
A visit was made to the gardens at Fontainebleau, and the Baga- 
telle rose garden was revisited, but not the Roseraie de lV Hay les 
Roses, which I saw in 1927. 
Pére Lachaise Cemetery 
The famous Paris cemetery of Pere Lachaise is of considerable 
botanical interest for it contains the graves of numerous French 
scientists, including the zoologist, Jeffroy St. Hillare (protagonist 
for the doctrine of evolution against the non-evolutionist, Cuvier, 
