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itors forming groups of 20 persons pay 50 kop. each. Extra 
charge for guide, 9 roubles. Source of income: Annual appro- 
priation by Government. Library: About 100,000 volumes and 
; fey é f 
in a landscape and partly in a formal style. The plantations are 
ron geographo- systematically and economically. Special di- 
vision of medicina 
Be ne Sovietskaia Botanika (bi-monthly, established 
1933). Acta Instituti eee Academiae Scienciarum U. R. S. 
; Four Series as fo : I. Flora et ike cp plantae vascu- 
lares (est. 1933) ; II. See cryptogamae (est. 1933) ; III. Geo- 
otanica (est. 34) ; IV. Botanica experimentalis (est. 1934). 
Notulae systematicae ex Herbario (1920-26); Notulae syste- 
maticae ex instituto cryptogamico Chega Delectus seminum ; 
Blora: U. 3: volumes have appeare 
School children (up to 80,000 a year) visiting the plant houses 
n groups are given scientifically trained guides who give talks on 
aoe biology, ecology, plant geography, and economic plants. 
group of “ Young Naturalists” are receiving instruction in bot- 
any.” Study collections supplied to schools occasionally; living 
material rarely. Affiliation: The Garden is not affiliated with any 
university or college. 
“For one hundred years the Garden made little progress, but, 
during the reign of Alexander the First, F. E. L. Fischer, formerly 
in charge of the gardens of Count Al. Rasumoffsky, at Gorenki, 
near Moskow, became director. Under Fischer the Garden be- 
came a first-class botanical institution.” (Cohn, Ferdinand. 
Ueber den botanischen garten in St. Petersburg. Botanische 
Zeitung. 18: 138. 1860.) 
LENINGRAD (2) 
DENDROLOGICAL GARDEN 
Forest-Technical Academy, Leningrad 18. Seed List. 
MINSK (BELORUSSIA) 
BoTaANIc GARDEN OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF WHITE 
USSIA 
Established: 1930. Area: 98 hectares. 
Director: S. P. Mjelnik (1936). Delectus Seminum. 
Note: A portion of the Garden is a nature reserve. 
