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This garden is simply the garden of the Department of Botany, 
and is in the grounds of the University Science Laboratories. It 
is in no sense an independent institution. It contains the usual 
Natural Order beds, together with beds containing marsh plants 
growing on land, alba varieties of various plants, and a collection 
of varieties of [ris germanica. There is no Director, nor even a 
permanent gardener, and it is managed by the head of the Depart- 
ment of Botany. 
EDINBURGH 
RoyaLt Botanic GARDEN 
Edinburgh, 4, Scotland 
Established: 1670. Area: 60 acres, 3 roods, 5 poles. 
Directors (official title, Regius Keeper 
James Sutherland (1699-1714) 
William Arthur (1715-1716) 
Charles Alston (1716-1760) 
John Hope (1761-1786) 
Daniel Rutherford (1786-1819) 
Robert Graham (1820-1845) 
. John Hutton Balfour (1845-1880) 
. Alexander Dickson (1880-1887) 
. William Wright Smith (1922- ) 
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SCONAMAWN 
Open free, daily from 9 a.m. on week-days, and from 11 a.m. on 
Sundays, until sunset. Plant houses are open from 1 p.m. to 5 
p.m. or until sunset if this be earlier. Source of income: One 
of three gardens maintained in the state by the United Kingdom. 
(The other two are the Royal Gardens at Kew, and the Glasnevin 
Garden, Dublin). Library: Reference. Over 20,000 bare se 
1e_ leading botanical and_ horticultural periodicals are take 
Ferbarium: About 1,500,000 specimens representing the Floras i 
the world. pecially rich in Asiatic Floras. Plantations: Arbo- 
retum, Woodland Garden, Rock Garden, Rhododendrons, System- 
atic (Herbaceous garden and herbaceous border. Bentham and 
Hooker, Genera Plantarum). Publications: Royal Botanic Gar- 
den, Edinbur gh—a brief descriptive and illustrated account. 
Map, Key, Plan and Index to the Royal Botanic Garden. Royal 
Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, with Key Plan. Notes from the 
Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (published periodically). Seed 
re (annually ). Museum: Contains a series of exhibits illustrat- 
ing the form and life histories of plants, arranged so as to facili- 
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