THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, 
EDINBURGH. 
THE Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, is one of 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 — 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 to the grounds—one upon the east 
side from Inverleith Row into the Garden, the other upon the 
west side from Arboretum Road into the Arboretum. The 
entrance to the Laboratories, Lecture Halls, Library, and to 
the Office for Garden business is from Inverleith Row. _ 
The Garden is open daily from 9 a.m. on Week-days and 
from II a.m. on Sundays until sunset. 
The Plant-Houses are open from I p.m. until 5.30 p.m., 
or until sunset if this be earlier. 
The Museum is open on Week-days from 9 a.m. until 
5 p.m. and on Sundays from 1 p.m. until sunset. 
The Herbarium is open on Week-days from 9 a.m. 
until 5 p.m., excepting on Saturday, when it is open until 
I p.m. 
The Library is open on Week-days from 9 a.m. until 
IO p.m. 
The Office for transaction of business with the Public and 
with Tradesmen is open on Week-days from 9 a.m. until 
5 p.m., excepting on Saturday, when it is open until I p.m. 
(Notes R.B.G., Edin., No. XXXV, October 1913.] 1000 
