U.S. Botanic Garden (USBG) In 1816, the constitution of the Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences in Washington D.C. suggested the construction of a botanical garden that would benefit the American people. The garden would serve to collect, grow, and distribute plants from the United States and other foreign countries. The garden was instituted in 1820 west of the Capitol Grounds, though the pursuit was abandoned in 1837. However in 1850, interest in the Botanic Garden was renewed following an 1842 expedition which had brought a large collection of living plants back to the United States. Since 1850, the garden has been in operation though its location was changed in 1933.



technically a rain forest, the Jungle The U.S. Botanic Garden to date maintains about 26,000 plants. "The Garden's noteworthy collections include economic plants, medicinal plants, orchids, cacti and succulents, bromeliads, cycads, and ferns." The Jungle is located in the Lord & Burnham greenhouse which houses the Botanic Garden's Conservatory. Within the Jungle are species of plants that would be found in jungle, rain forest climates and, "is the largest of the rooms, and includes a second-story catwalk so that the jungle canopy may be observed from both below and above."




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