botanic(al) garden(s)

  • 51Indian Botanic Garden — ▪ garden, Calcutta, India formerly  Royal Botanic Garden,         botanical garden in Calcutta, famous for its enormous collections of orchids, bamboos, palms, and plants of the screw pine genus (Pandanus). The garden covers more than 109… …

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  • 52National Botanic Gardens of South Africa — ▪ garden, Kirstenbosch, South Africa also called  Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens         one of the world s largest botanical gardens, occupying a 1,305 acre (528 hectare) site in Kirstenbosch, near Cape Town, Western Cape province, South Africa.… …

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  • 53Bear garden — Garden Gar den (g[aum]r d n; 277), n. [OE. gardin, OF. gardin, jardin, F. jardin, of German origin; cf. OHG. garto, G. garten; akin to AS. geard. See {Yard} an inclosure.] 1. A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of herbs, fruits,… …

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  • 54Hanging garden — Garden Gar den (g[aum]r d n; 277), n. [OE. gardin, OF. gardin, jardin, F. jardin, of German origin; cf. OHG. garto, G. garten; akin to AS. geard. See {Yard} an inclosure.] 1. A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of herbs, fruits,… …

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  • 55Kitchen garden — Garden Gar den (g[aum]r d n; 277), n. [OE. gardin, OF. gardin, jardin, F. jardin, of German origin; cf. OHG. garto, G. garten; akin to AS. geard. See {Yard} an inclosure.] 1. A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of herbs, fruits,… …

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  • 56Market garden — Garden Gar den (g[aum]r d n; 277), n. [OE. gardin, OF. gardin, jardin, F. jardin, of German origin; cf. OHG. garto, G. garten; akin to AS. geard. See {Yard} an inclosure.] 1. A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of herbs, fruits,… …

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  • 57Royal Botanic Gardens and National Herbarium of Victoria — ▪ garden, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia       one of the world s best designed botanical gardens, located in South Yarra, near Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1845, this state supported institution occupies an 87 acre (35 hectare) site along… …

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  • 58Brooklyn Botanic Garden and Arboretum — ▪ garden, New York City, New York, United States       botanical garden founded in 1911 in Brooklyn, N.Y., municipally owned and privately operated (by the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences). It maintains an extensive and widely emulated… …

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  • 59Royal Botanic Garden — ▪ garden, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom       botanical garden in Edinburgh, internationally famous for its beautiful landscaping. The garden, of 62 acres (25 hectares), includes 35,000 kinds of plants and features special collections of… …

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  • 60Royal Botanic Gardens — ▪ garden, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia       state supported botanical garden in Sydney, Australia. Officially established in 1816, it is the oldest such garden in the country. It is also the most spectacularly sited, occupying more than 27 …

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