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38: 313:, (Organe du Conservatoire et du Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Genève). An international peer-reviewed journal that publishes original scientific papers, preferably in English but also in French. Published since 1922, yearly since 1924. It is named after Augustin Pyramus de Candolle founder of the garden. 260:. The Botanical Garden's greenhouses initially remained at the Bastions site for financial reasons. Then, in 1910–1911, the architect Henri Juvet built a Winter Garden along the former Chemin de Varembe, which was moved to its present location close to the railway lines following the construction of the 264:
and the various associated urban redevelopments that took place. The elegant glass and iron structure is in line with constructions of this type in fashion in the second half of the 19th century. It originally comprised two adjacent but separate sections: the Winter Garden and a greenhouse, creating
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herbarium held at Bastions. The collection grew in 1911–1912 with the gift of the Emile Burant herbarium, then again in 1923–1924 with the posthumous donation of the de Candolle herbarium. In its present location, it occupies an area of 28 hectares (69 acres) adjacent to
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The living collection is divided into several sections: an arboretum, rock gardens and banks of protected plants, medicinal and useful plants, greenhouses, horticultural plants (including a "garden of scent and touch"). The garden also incorporates a
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The entire garden, including greenhouses, libraries and collections, and two mansions "Le Chene" and "La Console", is registered as a cultural asset of national importance.
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validated the requirements. In 2017 the garden will be able to display the Bio Suisse 'Bud' certification label on completion of the required qualification period.
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an asymmetrical effect. A symmetrical wing was added to the first in 1935. The greenhouses at Bastions were removed to make way for the
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The botanical garden includes a living collection of 10,000 species of 249 different families from around the world, and a historical
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and ranks as one of the five most important in the world. The gardens themselves were designed by
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From 1 January 2015, under leadership of head gardener Nicolas Freyre and Director
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of nearly 6 million botanical specimens. The library of over 220,000 volumes.
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Information centre, Gift shop, Toilets, Shelter, Cafe and Tea rooms
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Cultural property of national significance in the canton of Geneva
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The institution has a special interest in the medicinal plants of
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Haute École du paysage, d'ingénierie et d'architecture de Genève
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code assigned to the herbarium of this botanic garden is
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Geneva
Switzerland
Coordinates
46°13′30″N 6°08′48″E / 46.22508°N 6.14659°E / 46.22508; 6.14659
Lake Geneva
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City of Geneva
Augustin Pyramus de Candolle
Delessert
Lake Geneva
United Nations Office at Geneva
Jules Allemand
fr
Palais des Nations
Wall of the Reformers
herbarium
zoo
Index Herbariorum
Paraguay
Guaraní people
Jesuit
missions
Emil Hassler
Botanical Garden and Zoo
Asunción
Pierre-André Loizeau
organic
Bio Suisse
Haute École du paysage, d'ingénierie et d'architecture de Genève

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