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KIRSTENBOSCH 
NatronaL Botanic GARDENS OF SouTH AFRICA 
(Headquarters). Kirstenbosch, Newlands, C. P. 
Includes two gardens, viz: (1) Kirstenbosch; (2) The Karoo 
Garden, Whitehill, C. P. (near Matjesfontein). See under White- 
hill. 
Established: 1913. Iwaroo Garden established 1921 by private 
benefaction. Area: (1) Kirstenbosch (including Upper Kirsten- 
bosch Nature Reserve) approximately 1100 acres. (2) White- 
hill, 40 acres. 
Directors: 
H. H. W. Pearson (1913-Nov., 1916) 
2. Directorship vacant (1917-1918) 
3. R. H. Compton (March, 1919- 
Kirstenbosch is open free to the public fang daylight every day 
of the year. Whitehill is open on weekdays during working 
hours. 
Source of income: The funds of Kirstenbosch are derived from: 
(1) grants made by the Union Government, the Cape Town 
Corporation, ay the Cape Divisional Council; (2) eee bene- 
factions, either direct or through the Botanical Society; (3) 
sales and me eaecue eine funds of Whitehill are a ived 
from private eee ee and from sales only. 
Library: The s Herbarium includes a botanical library, mainly 
on South AG sy ee botany. The Gardens possess also 
a small reference libr 
Herbarium: The Gar Hear do not maintain their own Herbarium, 
but the Bolus Herbarium, which is the property by bequest of 
the ees sity of Cape Town, is located on a site in the Kirsten- 
bosch grounds. 
Species Pla cultivation: Exact number not available, but some 
thousands, almost entirely South African indigenous eae with 
some hundreds of exotic plants of economic importance 
Affiliation: The Botanical Society of South Africa, of some 300 
spa Pine members was established in 1913 “ primarily to 
ve general and financial support to the work of Kirstenbosch 
cad Whitehill.” Members of the Society enjoy special priv- 
ileges at the Garden. As stated in its Constitution, it is also 
the purpose of the Society “To encourage the eas of 
South Africa to take an active part in the progress and develop- 
ment of the National Botanic Gardens at epi osch the 
