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Garden is affiliated with L’Institut Botanique, Agricole et Colonial 
de Université. 
NANTES (LOIRE INFERIEUR) (1) 
Le JARDIN DES APOTHICATRES 
Established: 1687-1688. In the archives of the City of Nantes 
there is a “ Memoire pour le Jardin Royal et Botanique de 
Nantes, créé de 1687-1688 (Archives Municipales de Nantes, 
supt.-D.D. 339. | 
Promenades Publiques: Jardin des Apothecaires. This was 
the ancestor of the present Garden. The letters patent were 
signed by Louis XIV, February, 1688. This Garden existed 
for 186 years in the same place. In 1807 the Garden came 
under the direction of the Société des Pharmaciens. In 1806 
the first Jardin Botanique Municipal was established by Hectot. 
In 1840 the Library was established, and in 1844 the plantations 
were arranged according to the system of Jussieu. 
Id documents have been found in the Archives of Nantes 
proving that the City was proprietor of an ancient Apothecaries 
Garden as early as 1473. 
Directors: 
First Garden 
Le sieur Cigogne (Maitre Apothicaire) (1687-7) 
Lefebvre de Ferronniere 
Duplessis Richard 
Under the Revolution 
Second (present) Garden 
Le Citoyen Hectot (1810-1836). In 1806 he created 
the nucleus for the present Jardin des Plantes. He 
qualified as director March 13, 1810. 
Under the Municipal Regime (from August, 1820): 
See Nantes (2) 
NANTES (LOIRE INFERIEUR) (2) 
JARDIN DES PLANTES DE NANTES 
Rue Stanislas Baudry, Nantes, France 
Established: The present Garden, 1858. (See Nantes (1)) 
Area: 7 hectares, 15 ares, 60 centares. 
