 In 1852 he became editor of the "Journal d'Horticulture Pratique", and in 1857 created the "Bulletin de la Société Royale d’Horticulture de Belgique et du Jardin botanique de Bruxelles".After Galeotti's death in 1858, his personal Mexican herbarium was purchased from his widow by the "Jardin botanique de Bruxelles".In August 1838, while in Mexico, he and a group of other botanists explored the slopes of Pico de Orizaba, the tallest mountain in Mexico.