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by Riedel’s Brazilian herbarium, and other sets. Fischer's own 
herbarium (containing about 60,000 species) remained his 
private gael until his death, en it was sane, for 
the Botanic Gardens from his widow. F. ELL. Pa s task 
was ai facilitated by the wide connections he had formed 
whilst still at Gorenki. He counted among his personal friends 
r William Hooker, with whom he corresponded up to the end 
a 8 life. 
e Apothecaries’ — at the time of its reorganization 
me its name altere that of Imperial Botanic Garden, while 
it was at the same time ae from the Medico- ee 
Collegium to the Ministry of the Interior and, in 1830, to the 
Ministry of the Imperial Household, where it remained until 
1863. In 1830 the annual budget was £4,250 and the size of the 
Garden not quite 22 hectares (about 54 acres). 
Fischer retired in 1850 and was succeeded by C. A. Meyer, 
who since 1832 had been assistant director at the Imperial 
Botanic Garden. He died in 1855, when Eduard Regel, chief 
gardener in the establishment, was appointed director. With 
him a new period in the history of the garden began As already 
stated, the garden remained under the Ministry ee the Imperial 
ousehold until 1863, and till then Regel acted as director. 
hen, however, it was decided to transfer the establishment to 
the Ministry of Crown lands, Trautvetter was entrusted with 
the administration of the Garden, and in 1866 took the title of 
director of the Garden, Regel continuing to superintend the 
herbarium and the cultures, and later on the cultures alone, as 
“chief botanist.’ In 1875 Trautvetter retired and Regel became 
again director of the Garden, which was henceforth under his 
control until his death in 1892. It was during Trautvetter’s 
interregnum, in 1869, that C. Maximowicz was appointed chief 
botanist, or botanicus primarius in charge of the herbarium, which 
post he held until his untimely death in 1890. These two men, 
however different in tastes, temperament and genius, have left 
their mark on the work and the position of the Petersburg 
Garden as it was up to nearly the end of the last century. It is 
not here the place to apportion their respective shares; but both 
