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A botanical
garden or botanic
garden
iis
a garden dedicated
to
the
collection, cultivation,
preservation
and
display
of
an
especially
wide
range
of
plants,
which
are
typically
labelled
with
their botanical
names.
It
may
contain
specialist
plant
collections
such
as cacti and
other succulent
plants, herb
gardens,
plants
from
particular
parts
of
the
world,
and
so
on;
there
may
be greenhouses, shadehouses,
again
with
special
collections
such
as tropical plants, alpine
plants,
or
other exotic
plants.
Most
are
at
least
partly
open
to
the
public,
and
may
offer
guided
tours,
educational
displays, art
exhibitions,
book
rooms,
open-air
theatrical
and
musical
performances,
and
other
entertainment.
The
history
of
botanical
gardens
is
closely
linked
to
the
history
of botany itself.
The
botanical
gardens
of
the
16th
and
17th
centuries
were
medicinal
gardens,
but
the
idea
of
a
botanical
garden
changed
to
encompass
displays
of
the
beautiful,
strange,
new
and
sometimes
economically
important
plant
trophies
being
returned
from
the
European
colonies
and
other
distant
lands.
The National
Botanic
Garden
of
Bangladesh and
the Bangladesh
National
Herbarium make
up
the
largest
plant
conservation
center
in Bangladesh,
with
an
area
of
around
84
hectares
(210
acres).
It
is
located
at Mirpur-2 in Dhaka,1100,
beside
the Dhaka
Zoo.
It
was
established
in
1961.
It
is
a botanic
garden,
a
knowledge
center
for
nature
lovers
and
botanists
and
a
tourist
destination.
The herbarium has
a
scientific
collection
of
approximately
100,000
preserved
specimens
of
plants.
Bangladesh
National
Herbarium's
collection
of
plant
and
tree
species
is
large.The
garden
houses
about
56,000
individual
trees,
herbs,
and
shrubs
including
a
huge
collection
of
aquatic
plants.
Rare
and
exotic
plant
species
in
the
garden
include:
Anthurium
(Anthurium
crystallinum)
Camphor
(Cinnamomum
camphora)
Rabbit
fern
(Davallia
canariensis)
Dambia
(Dombeya spectabilis)
White
rangan
(Ixora superba)
Little
mussanda
(Mussaenda luteola)
Victoria
amazonica
Harhjora
(Cissus
quadrangularis)
African
tulip
tree (Spathodea
campanulata)
Sambucas
(Sambucus
nigra)
White
Chandan
(Santalum
album).
A
modern
vegetative
propagation
arrangement
and
a
tissue
culture
laboratory
have
been
established
in
the
garden
for
the
propagation
of
rare
species.
Initially,
tissue
culture
of
orchids
and
other
rare
species
has
been
adopted.
Besides,
a
huge
rose
garden,
crisscrossing
lake,
watch
deck,
artificial
waterfall,
bridge
over
the
lake,
and
above
all
the
thousands
of migratory
birds in
winter
are
the
main
attractions
of
the
National
Botanic
Garden.
Every
morning
many
people
come
here
for
their
morning
walk,
exercise,
yoga,
and
meditation
session.
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