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The Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden (Hindi:आचार्य जगदिश चंद्र बसु भारतीय वानस्पतिक उद्यान) (previously known as Indian Botanic Garden)〔"Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah." BSI. Web. 28 Feb. 2011. ==History== The gardens were founded in 1787 by Colonel Robert Kyd, an army officer of the British East India Company, primarily for the purpose of identifying new plants of commercial value, such as teak, and growing spices for trade.〔(Oxford dictionary of national biography )〕 Joseph Dalton Hooker says of this Botanical Garden that "Amongst its greatest triumphs may be considered the introduction of the tea-plant from China ... the establishment of the tea-trade in the Himalaya and Assam is almost entirely the work of the superintendents of the gardens of Calcutta and Seharunpore (Saharanpur)."〔Joseph Dalton Hooker, ''Himalayan Journals, or Notes of a Naturalist ...,'' Kew (1854), vol. I, p. 5.〕 A major change in policy, however, was introduced by the botanist William Roxburgh after he became superintendent of the garden in 1793. Roxburgh brought in plants from all over India and developed an extensive herbarium.〔Roxburgh, W (1814) ''Hortus Bengalensis or a catalogue of the plants growing in the Honourable East India Company's botanic garden at Calcutta''. Mission Press : Serampore. 105pp.〕 This collection of dried plant specimens eventually became the Central National Herbarium of the Botanical Survey of India, which comprises 2,500,000 items. During the early years of the garden Joseph Dalton Hooker writes:〔Joseph Dalton Hooker, ''Himalayan Journals, or Notes of a Naturalist ...,'' Kew (1854), vol. I, p. 4.〕 Over the years attractive display gardens for the public have been developed and many kinds of plants have been cultivated for scientific observation. During the 1970s the garden initiated a program to introduce improved food plants and other varieties of economic benefit to the people of India. The Garden was designated the ''Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden'' on June 25, 2009 in honor of Jagadish Chandra Bose, the Bengali polymath, and natural scientist. This garden is a No Plastic Zone. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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