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DARJEELING 
Lioyp Botanic GARDEN | 
c/o Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta 
This Garden is at Darjeeling, Sikkim Himalayas. See Note at 
end of Calcutta. 
Superintendent: K. P. Biswas (1938- ) 
rea: 45 acres. Plantations contain a eee of Eastern 
Himalayan plants. Attempts are also ma o grow temperate 
and alpine species. Herbarium: Rich in Sikkim plants. Library: 
At the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta. (See Calcutta, Note.) 
KIRKEE 
GANESHKHIND Fruit ExperIMENT STATION 
(GANESHKHIND BOTANICAL GARDEN) 
Kirkee, Poona District, Bombay 
Established (Re-established) : 1904. Area: 80 acres. 
Directors: G. A. Gammie (1904-1908) ; William Burns (1908- 
1921); G. S. Cheema (1921- Ns 
Serves as a public park. Open free daily, from sunrise to sun- 
set. Source of income: Annual appropriations by the national 
government; sale of publications, plants, seeds, flowers, bouquets, 
“ oree enery,” etc. Library: Reference, small. Plantations: Sys- 
tematic, economic. Arboretum. Fruticetum. Publication: An- 
nual Report. Living material, including wild plants, is supplied to 
schools for study. Afiliations: The Station is attached to the 
Agricultural College, Poona, which is affiliated with the University 
of Bombay. 
OOTACAMUND 
GOVERNMENT BoTANIC GARDENS 
Ootacamund, P. O., the Nilgiris, South India 
Established: 1847. Area: About 51 acres. 
Directors (Curators): F. H. Butcher (?-19 February, 1936) ; 
P. A. Nathan (20 February, 1936- Ve 
Serves as a Paes park. Open free daily, sunrise to sunset 
Source of income: Government; sale of plant material. Library: 
800 volumes, eed and bulletins. Plantations: Systematic ; 
ornamental. Publication: Catalog of plants for sale. Supplies 
living plant material to schools for study. 
