THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, 
EDINBURGH. 
THE Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, is one of two 
Gardens maintained by the State in the United Kingdom, the 
other being the Royal Gardens at Kew in England. 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 11 a.m. on Sundays until sunset. 
The Plant-Houses are open from 1 p.m. until 5 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 5 p.m. 
The Herbarium is open on Week-days from 9 a.m. until 
5 p.m., excepting Saturday, when it is open until 1 p.m. 
The Library is open on Week-days from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., 
excepting Saturday, when it is open until 1 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 Saturday, when it is open until 1 p.m. 
[Notes R.B.G., Edin., November 1924.], 
