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ROY L. TAYLOR
Canadian Encyclopedia
01-01-2002
Botanical Garden
Author: ROY L. TAYLOR
A botanical garden is distinguished from a public park or display garden (eg, Butchart Gardens, BC) by having a documented collection of woody or herbaceousPLANTS on which scientific research and teaching are conducted. Arrangement of plants within a botanical garden is often made according to a botanical evolutionary sequence, or by geographic origin, special use or function. If the collection consists primarily of woody plants, it may be called anARBORETUM .
Exactly what constitutes a botanical garden is debated among professionals. A very conservative view is a scientific garden ...