Excerpt from The History and Functions of Botanic Gardens
It is a fact of no small interest in this connection to remem ber that the modern world has turned to China and that her vast botanical treasures have only recently been seriously explored through the enterprise of British, French, and American botanists for the enrichment of our botanic gar dens and pleasure grounds.
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