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de la flore pyrénienne, sous l’Ancien Régime et la Révolution, 
d’aprés des documents inedits.”” This seems to imply that there 
has been more than one botanic garden in Toulouse. 
TOURS 
JARDIN BoTANIQUE DE Tours 
1 Boulevard Yonnellé, Tours, France 
Established: 1842. Area: 5 hectares. 
Directors: 
1. M. Margueron (1849-1852) 
2. M. LeComte de Villiers du Terrage (1852-1857 ) 
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. M. Barnsby (1857-1903) 
4. M. Henri Lemoine (1903- ) 
Serves as a public park. Open free daily, 6 a.m.—sunset; in 
winter 7 aam—dark. Source of income: Appropriations from the 
city and the Department. Plantations: " Systematic (according to 
the system of DeCandolle), arboretum (180 species), fruticetum 
230 species). Publication: Catalogue des graines récoltees. 
Museum: Open free, Thursdays and Sundays from noon until 
Note: The Garden is divided into two parts: 1. The scientific 
part, comprising the school (nursery), and the collection of plants 
of the world. 2. The horticultural part. There are collections of 
trees and shrubs, and of annual, biennial, and perennial herbs, all 
open to the public. In addition, there are five gardens in the city 
which depend upon this garden for direction and for their supply 
of decorative plants: 1. Le Jardin Prebaudes d’Oé (about 5 hec- 
tares) : 2. Le pare Mirabeau (114 ha.) : 3. Le pare de la Prefecture 
(1144 ha.): 4. Le jardin du musée (1 ha.): 5. Several squares 
comprising, all together, a total of about one hectare. There are 
about 14% hectares of gardens in the city of Tours having a 
scientific character, and open free to the public. 
WAR SyeMUEI IES 
JARDIN BoTANIQUE DE LA TRIANON 
Established about 1765 by Louis XV. It is said that it was in 
this Garden that Bernard de Jussieu, for the first time, arranged 
the growing plants systematically, according to the natural families. 
