THE BOTANICAL GARDENS OF THE WORLD.
According to a report of the Montreal Agricultural Sooiety, there are 197 botanical gardens m the entire world, and they are thus distributed : Prance and her colonies, 25 ; England and Ireland, 12 ; the English colonies, 27 ; Germany, 37 ; Italy, 23 ; Rußßla and Siberia, 17 : Austria and Hungary, 13 j Scandinavia, 7,' Belgium and Holland' and colonies, Spain and colonies, and the United States, 5 each; Portugal and Switzerland, 3 each ; Denmark and Ronmania, 2 saoh ; Brazil, Chili, Ecuador, Egypt, Greece, Guatemala, Japan, Peru and Servla, 1 each, The list may be completed by mentioning the gardens of Geneva and Louvain, and a fevr that have recently been organised In English India. At least half of the Gardens mentioned above are kept by the Govern* ment, 18 per cent by universities, some* times In conjunction with the general or olty government, 11 pec cent by cities alone, and 5 per cent by private donations Out of the same number 94 per cent are always open to the public, and 70 per per oenfc publish reports, or contribute In some auoh way to scientific research.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1612, 18 July 1887, Page 2
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189THE BOTANICAL GARDENS OF THE WORLD. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1612, 18 July 1887, Page 2
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