8/15 34, 35.) [25] The first idea of the foundation of the Jardin dates from 1626, but the actual carrying out of the conception was in 1635. The first act of installation took place in 1640. Gui de la Brosse, in order to please his high protectors, the first physicians of the king, named his establishment _Jardin des Plantes Medicinales_. It was renovated by Fagon, who was born in the Jardin, and whose mother was the niece of Gui de la Brosse. |