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SAO PAULO (1) 
Horto OswaLpo Cruz 
Instituto Butantan, Caixa postal, 65 
Established: 1917. 
Director: Afranio do Amaral (1938). 
Source of income: Governmental appropriations. Herbarium: 
About 300 specimens. Museum: Open daily, 8 a.m.—4 p.m. 
SAO PAULO (2) 
PARQUE E JARDIM BoTanico po Estrapo 
Caixa Postal 2.164, S. Paulo (Orquidario) 
Established: November, 1929. Area: 100 alqueires. 
Director; F. C. Hoehne (1929- 
Serves as a public park. Open free on holidays and Sundays. 
Source of imcome: Governmental appropriations. Her barium: 
40,000 numbers. Plantations: Ecologic. “It is a nature park; 
most of the plants are in natural formations.” Arboretum. Fruti- 
cetum. Publication: Arquivos de Botanica de Sao Paulo. Study 
material supplied to local schools. Exhibitions of orchids are 
held in March-April and October-November. Affiliation: Secre- 
taria de Agricultura, Industria e Commercio de Sao Paulo. The 
Servico de Botanica e Agronomia also administers the Estacao 
Biologica at Alto da Serra with more than 5,000,000 square meters 
of “ virgin woods and camps.’ 
British Guiana 
GEORGETOWN 
GrorGetown Botanic GARDENS 
Established: 1879. Area: 184 acres. 
Directors: George Samuel Jenman (1879-1902) ; John Burchmore 
Harrison (1909-1925) ; J. Sydney Dash (1927- 
Serves as a public park. Open free to the public daily from 
7am. to 6 p.m. Source of income: Supported by Government. 
Library: Small. Herbarium: Approximately 20,000 specimens. 
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to ornamental and experimental horticulture. A few lectures are 
given to teachers and school children at the Garden, Supplies liv- 
