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POONA 
Empress BoTANICAL GARDENS 
Poona, Bombay 
Superintendent: P. S. Kanetthar (1913); N. M. Bhagawat 
(1938). 
Area: 60.37 acres. Serves as a public park. Open free daily, 
from sunrise to sunset. Source of income: Annual grants by the 
national government, and the sale of flowers, fruits, plants, seeds. 
etc. Plantations: Not formally divided into sections, but a small 
a (5.7 acres) is specially devoted to plants of botanical interest. 
Pableanon: Annual Report. Educational Work: Demonstrations 
in budding, grafting, and other garden operations are given to stu- 
dents of the local government station college, and schools, and to 
civilians and private cultivators. Study material is supplied, when 
requested, to schools and colleges. A ffiliation: Government Agri- 
cultural College; Agri-Horticultural Society of Western India. 
SAHARANPUR (SEHARUNPUR; SHAHJAHANPUR) 
GOVERNMENT BOTANIC GARDENS 
Saharanpur, United Provinces, India 
Established: 1779, Area: 168 acres. 
Directors (or Superintendents): 
Under Pre-British Government (1779-1817) 
George Govan (1817-1823) 
John Forbes Royle (1823-1831) 
Hugh Falconer (1831-1842) 
William Jameson (1842-1876) 
G. F. Luthrie (1876-1887) 
William Gollan (1887-1904) 
H. M. Leake (1904-1906) 
Amos C. Hartless (1906-1919) 
10. R. Badgery (1920- ) 
Serves as a public park. Open free daily, from sunrise to 
sunset. Source of imcome: ae 1 appeene ae by the national 
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government. Library: Reference. 00 volumes and 250 
pamphlets. Herbarium: Of ‘garden ieee only. About 1000 
specimens. Plantations: Econo rboretum. Fruticetum. 
Publications: Annual Report. BerehL ened: 1841. Bulletins (oc- 
casional). Note: The gardens were formerly entirely botanical, 
subsequently chiefly ee and now partly scientific and 
partly commercial. There is a branch garden at Dehra Dun. 
Affiliated with School of racers 
