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Seed store |
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During the whole year round,
seeds of herbaceous annuals and perennials and of woody
plants are collected in the arboretum, the glasshouses and
the nurseries. Some of the seeds are meant for the
Garden's own use; each year, at the end of winter,
numerous varieties of different kind of annuals are sown,
which will in spring be planted out on the parterre and by
the lake. The collection of perennials is renewed from the
seed material collected or from cuttings. Seeds are also
collected by expert associates during field research each
year. Most of the seed is stored in paper bags and on
shelves in the premises of the seed store, while sensitive
and rare seeds are kept at +4 C in refrigerators. In the
future, we plan for the modernisation of the seed store
and the founding of a seed bank.
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Most of the
seed is used for exchange with other botanical gardens in
the rest of the world. Via such non-commercial swaps, the
collections of botanical gardens are constantly being
enriched and growing. For decades now, we have been
exchanging seeds with some three hundred gardens and
arboreta. For this purpose, every year we draw up our list
of seeds for exchange purpose, Delectus seminum, as we
call it, which is available in printed form or on line
(pdf format).
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Following
the international Convention on Biological Diversity (Rio
de Janeiro 1992), article 15 (access to genetic
ressources) especially concerning the exchange of plant
material, we have adopted a policy on supplying seeds to
the scientific and horticultural community according to
the following conditions:
- The
plant material is used solely for scientific research,
conservation of species and the development of
recognized collections.
- We
expect that any research publication resulting from the
use of the plant material will acknowledge the AMU
Botanical Garden as a supplier, and that we receive an
unsolicited reprint.
- By
ordering seeds from the AMU Botanic Garden, the
recipient accepts and pledges to respect the above
conditions.
Seeds
from this Index Seminum are offered for exchange with
botanic gardens, arboreta and other scientific
institutions and may be used exclusively for scientific,
educational, and nature conservation purposes.
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