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Mr Henderson (Edinburgh) stated that botanic gardens deal with research, education and amenity. Five to ten million people probably visit the gardens of Europe annually, and a challenge to such gardens is to make collections more interesting and intelligible and to compete with zoos and museums with good displays. A high proportion of visitors had some idea that scientific research was carried out in botanic gardens, although most visited gardens for relaxation and tranquillity.
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Corona, V.E., Peña de Sousa, M., Hebb, R. (1976). Colloquy: Education in Relation to Plant Collections. In: Simmons, J.B., Beyer, R.I., Brandham, P.E., Lucas, G.L., Parry, V.T.H. (eds) Conservation of Threatened Plants. NATO Conference Series, vol 1. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2517-8_24
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