Cinchona Botanical Gardens |
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Perhaps the closest place to ‘heaven’, paradise on a mountain top, a rare high elevation botanic garden in the tropics (approximately 4800-5200 ft above sea level), and the only such institution in the Caribbean, is Cinchona Botanical Gardens.
By 1874, Cinchona became the centre for experimental botanical work within the island. Along with cinchona, other plant species were introduced by Mr. Nock from Kew Gardens to give Cinchona a wide variety of plant species. These were mainly European vegetation, although other economic plants to the garden were cultivated, for example, Assam tree used for making tea. The European vegetables included cork oak, jalop, camphor, mulberry, rubber, green peas, carrots, Irish potatoes, cabbage, tomatoes, citrus and some fibre plants among other plant species.
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