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to be Chairman of the Committee in charge of the project. It 
was stated that, ‘ A ravine area in which the development of the 
native flora as well as plants from abroad could be effected’ was 
favored by the Committee. Note: No reply to our Questionnaire. 
VANCOUVER 
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BOTANICAL GARDENS 
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia 
Established: 1912 as Government Garden (at Essondale, B. C.). 
1916, transferred to University of B. C., at Vancouver. Area: 
5 acres. Open to public free daily. 
Directors: John Davidson, F.L.S., F.B.S.E., Assistant Professor 
of Botany, Founder, and Botanist in Charge, 1912—? 
Library: About 1200 volumes. Herbarium: About 20,000 spe- 
cimens. Plantations: Systematic, economic, morphologic. Clas- 
sified in beds according to Engler & Prantl. Arboretum of native 
trees. Salicetum. Publications: Annual oe (of the Bo- 
peer Office, Province of B. C.). Seed List. Lectures are ar- 
anged for visits of Societies, ete. Supplies living material for 
ee to local schools occasionally. 
Canary Islands 
LA OROTAVA 
JArpim BoTanico 
La Orotava, Teneriffe Island 
Ceylon 
GAMPOHA 
HENERATGODA BOTANIC GARDENS 
HAKGALA 
BoTANIc GARDENS (See Peradeniya) 
PERADENIYA 
Royat Boranitc GARDENS 
ae ee 1810. Transferred from Slave Island to Peradeniya 
n 1821. Area: 146 acres. 
