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BOTANIC GARDENS, SINGAPORE
Singapore Botanic Gardens, founded in 1859 by the Agri-Horticultural Society but taken over by the government and officially opened to the public in 1874. The experimental planting of rubber trees here, initiated by its first Director Henry Nicholas Ridley, led to the founding of rubber industry in Malaya.
1900s
19980005504 - 0026
92,156/22
124445
Viewing permitted. Use and reproduction only with permission.
Arshak C Galstaun Collection, courtesy of National Archives of Singapore
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Singapore Botanic Gardens, founded in 1859 by the Agri-Horticultural Society but taken over by the government and officially opened to the public in 1874. The experimental planting of rubber trees here, initiated by its first Director Henry Nicholas Ridley, led to the founding of rubber industry in Malaya.

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