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 I 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. XL, March 1915. ] 
