THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, 
EDINBURGH. 
THE Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, is one of the three 
Gardens maintained by the State in the United Kingdom, the 
others being the Royal Gardens at Kew in England, and 
the Glasnevin Garden at Dublin in Ireland. It occupies an 
unequally-sided quadrilateral area of 57°648 acres (bounded upon 
all sides by public roads and dwelling-houses) on the North side 
of Edinburgh—about a mile from the shore of the Firth of 
Forth. Its highest point, at Inverleith House (S)—the official 
residence of the Regius Keeper of the Garden—towards the 
North-west, is 109 feet above sea-level, and thence the ground falls 
away on all sides. The lowest point—a depression 48 feet above 
sea-level, with an east and west trend through the middle of the 
Garden—is the site of an old bog, and the ground rises again to 
the south of the depression. The surface soil is generally 
alluvial sand resting on clay at considerable depth. In the lower 
part of the area the clay comes to the surface. 
There are two entrances—one upon the east side from Inver- 
leith Row into the Garden, the other upon the west side from 
Arboretum Road intothe Arboretum. The Garden is open daily 
from 8 a.m. on Week-days and from 11 a.m. on Sundays until 
sunset. The Plant-Houses are open from 1 p.m. until 5.30 p.m., 
or until sunset if this be earlier. The Museum is open on 
Week-days from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and on Sundays from 
I p.m. until 5 p.m. The Herbarium and Library are open on 
Week-days from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m., excepting on Saturday, 
when they are open until 1 p.m. 
