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Directors: 
1. G. Zammit (1675-7) 
2. P. F. C. Giacinto (1805) 
3. Stefano Zerafa (1827) 
4. Giovanni Carlo Grech- Delicata (1850-1870) 
5. Gavino Gulia ( 7-1889 
6. Francesco Debono (1889-7) 
Note: Of the Garden established by Zammit, professor in the 
University of Malta, at St. Elmo in 1675, not a trace is left. In 
1805, under the auspices of the English governor, A. J. Ball, there 
was established a somewhat larger garden under the direction of 
Giacinto, in the suburbs of Floriano. 
VAIN TCH 
A Medicinal Plant Garden, dating from 1533, is said to have 
been established by Gaultieri on a site given by the Venetian state. 
VENTIMIGLIA 
Hanpspury Botanic GARDENS 
Ventimiglia, Italy 
Established: 1867. Area: 120 acres. 
Directors (Curators) : 
1. Gustav Cronemeyer 
2. Curt Dinter 
3. Alwin Berger (1912) 
4, Joseph Benbow (1920-1923) 
5. S. W. McLeod Braggins (1923-7) 
?. Mario Ercoli (1936) 
Open on cay and Friday afternoons. Admission fee, 5 
Lire: mae : Reference only. 2000 volumes. Current period- 
icals regu ie received, 20. Herbarium: 30, specimens. 
Plantations: Coe entirely of sub-tropical plants, trees, shrubs, 
and herbs, with a very few species under glass There is a large 
collection made by E. H. Wilson in China, “and another by Brunn- 
thaler in South Africa. Also representatives from intertropical 
countries, including Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, and Africa. 
Publications: Alphabetical Catalog, 1889. Edited by G. Crone- 
neyer. Systematic Catalog, 1889. Edited by G. Cronemeyer. 
Igoe ea Catalog, 1897. Edited by C. Dinker. Hortus Mor- 
