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Address:
Plantage Middenlaan 2A, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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University of Amsterdam

Description:
Amsterdam's Botanical Garden contains over 6000 tropical and indigenous trees and plants, including a 2000-year old agave cactus.

Originating as a mediaeval monastery herb garden, the collection of the Hortus Botanicus was amassed during the seventeenth century through plants and seeds brought back by traders of the East India Company for use as medicines.

Recent additions to the garden include a huge hothouse, which incorporates three different tropical climates.

Note: the management of the Garden is responsability of the City of Amsterdam.

Further Reading:
Botanischer Garten der Universität Amsterdam, in: Botanische Gärten Mitteleuropas. Geschichte, technische Einrichtungen, Anlagen, Sammlungen und Aufgaben. Ed. by Friedrich Ebel [et al.]. 2. enl. ed. Halle 1990 (Wiss. Beiträge der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle Wittenberg 1990/27 [P40]), p. 9-10.