shibpur b garden

Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden. It was known as Indian Botanic Garden and the Calcutta Botanic Garden. The botanical garden situated in Shibpur, Howrah near Kolkata. They are commonly known as the Calcutta Botanical Garden and previously as the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta.
An open museum of living collection of myriad of plants, where trees, shrubs, herbs, climbers, lianas etc. are scientifically arranged, properly labelled based on an internationally accepted classification, and more closely allied groups/plants are specially grown together for better understanding of species. Trees are confined to a special section called Arboretum; gymnosperms including pine trees are arranged in Pinetum; Screwpines i.e. Pandanus are grown in Pandanetum; Orchids are assembled in Orchidarium; Bamboos are nurtured in Bambusetum and Palms are conserved in Palmetum.