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oar 
. John Jacob Dill (Dillen, G. D. Ehret (1750- ) 
Dillenius) (1734-1747) 
. Humphrey Sibthorp (1747— James Benwell (Gardener) (?) 
1784) 
. John Sibthorp (1784-1795) - 
George Williams (1796- J. Foreman ( ?-1812) 
1834) 
Charles Giles Bridle Dan- William Baxter (1813-1851) 
berry (1834-1867) 
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so 
10. Marmaduke Alexander 
Lawson (1868-1883) 
11. Isaac Bayley Balfour William H. Baxter (1851-1887) 
(1884-1888 ) 
12. Sidney Howard Vines 
(1888-1919) 
13. Frederick Keeble (1920- W. G. Baker (1888- ) 
1926) 
I4. Arthur George  Tansley 
(1927- ) 
Publication: Seed List (One of the first—circa 1685). Open 
to the public daily without charge. The first greenhouse in Eng- 
land was erected in this garden in 1734. The tercentennary was 
celebrated June 23, 1923, 
READING 
AGRICULTURAL BoTANIC BARDEN oF READING UNIVERSITY 
The University, Reading, England 
Established: 1918. Arca: 2 acres. 
Directors: 
1. John Percival (1918-1932), who established the Garden 
2. William B. Brierley (1932- ) 
Most of the Garden “is laid out in small plots separated by 
grass paths, the remainder being covered by two bird-proof cages, 
each of approximately 950 sq. yards in extent. 
“The plots contain the chief forage plants and root crops of 
Western Europe, together with their wild prototypes. There are 
also plots of some of the commoner medicinal, dye, and oil plants 
which can be grown on farms in the British Isles. . 
