Illustrated Guide To The Royal Botanic Gardens Peradeniya Hb By H. F. Macmillan

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Complete Title: Illustrated Guide To The Royal Botanic Gardens Peradeniya [Hardcover]

Author: H. F. Macmillan

Language: English

No. Of Pages: 47

About the Book- About the Book:-"The history of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Peradeniya dates as far back as 1371, when King Vikramab?hu III ascended the throne and kept court at Peradeniya near Mahaveli Ganga. Later, in the reign of King K?tri ?r? R?jasi?ha from 1747 to 1780, the sprawling green mass was made a Royal Garden. From 1780-1798 King R?j?dhi R?jasi?ha resided therein, where a temporary residence was erected for him. The gardens were formed by Alexander Moon in 1821, six years after the final conquest of the Kandyan Kingdom by the British in 1810 under the advice of Sir Joseph Banks a garden named Kew (named after the Kew Gardens in London) was opened in Slave Island, Colombo-2. In 1813 the garden was moved to Kalutara, and in 1821 to Peradeniya, as it was found to be more favourable and better adapted for the proposed Botanic establishment. This slim volume is about this gardens, a reserve opened in 1821, and is a repository of the flora of the island of Sri Lanka. This book is a guide to these gardens, and offers short articles on the popular history, the eminent people associated with, the ways of maintenance, and on the collection of plant in these gardens. The book is fully illustrated and was first published in 1906. This book celebrates the 200th anniversary of the establishment of Kew Gardens in Slave Island, Colombo 2, in 1810.

About the Author- About the Author:-Hugh Fraser Macmillan was born on 4th June 1869 and had his early horticultural training at Dochfour Castle. He then moved to Wales where he worked under Andrew Pettigrew at Cardiff Castle. Around 1893 he went to Kew as a student gardener and gained experience in several departments. He left Kew in June 1895 to become Curator of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), a position that he held until 1912 when he appointed superintendent of all gardens in Ceylon. Throughout his time in that country he contributed greatly to improving horticultural practices that were relevant to the whole region.In 1910 he published Handbook of Tropical Gardening and Planting with Special Reference to Ceylon. It became a standard text, so successful that it went to a 5th edition by 1962.